# Bot Sentinel

> Automatically identify inauthentic accounts and toxic Twitter trolls.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/bot-sentinel](https://chrome-stats.com/d/bot-sentinel)

## Overview

- **ID:** `bot-sentinel`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** BotSentinel.com
- **Category:** privacy-security,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 1,211
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Rating:** 3.98 / 5 (133 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1.6
- **Last updated:** 2022-12-05
- **First published:** 2018-04-04
- **Size:** 182 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/bot-sentinel/)
- **Website:** [https://botsentinel.com](https://botsentinel.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/bot-sentinel/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/bot-sentinel/privacy/)

## Description

Bot Sentinel is a free, non-partisan Chrome extension designed to automatically identify inauthentic Twitter accounts and toxic trolls. Utilizing advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence, it classifies Twitter users and compiles a publicly accessible database. This empowers users to browse and evaluate Twitter accounts for authenticity and behavior, fostering a safer and more genuine social media experience. Whether you're looking to avoid harmful interactions or verify the legitimacy of Twitter accounts, Bot Sentinel provides an effective tool for enhanced social media insight and security.

## Rankings

- #2,975 — Overall
- #360 — Social & Communication
- #2 — bot
- #33 — identify
- #141 — platform
- #162 — account

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `*://botsentinel.com/*`
- `*://*.botsentinel.com/*`
- `*://twitter.com/*`
- `*://*.twitter.com/*`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `twitter.com`
- `www.twitter.com`
- `mobile.twitter.com`
- `tweetdeck.twitter.com`
- `counter.social`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users find Bot Sentinel valuable in identifying and filtering inauthentic or problematic Twitter accounts, improving the quality of their Twitter experience through an easy-to-use interface and rating system. However, common issues include unreliable classifications, frequent "unknown" ratings requiring long waits, and occasional failure to display expected features. Some users express concerns about political bias and privacy risks due to the extension's permissions, which affects trust in its neutrality and security. Overall, it is considered an essential tool by many, but with notable reliability and trust concerns.

### Pros

- Helps identify problematic, inauthentic, or bot Twitter accounts, making the Twitter experience more sane by allowing users to block or avoid disruptive users.
- Interface is easy to use and integrates smoothly with Twitter, providing ratings or badges alongside accounts.
- Provides a rating scale (0 to 100) rather than a simple binary judgment, allowing users to apply their own judgment.
- Helps save scrolling by filtering out low-quality or problematic accounts.
- Considered essential or very useful for many users browsing Twitter today.

### Cons

- Many accounts show an "unknown" rating, leading to delays or unavailability of detailed reports.
- The add-on sometimes misclassifies obvious bots as normal accounts, questioning reliability.
- Users have reported the extension not working properly or UI elements (like badges) not appearing as expected.
- Concerns about political bias or propaganda, with claims that ratings align with certain political narratives rather than purely authenticity.
- Permissions and access to domains outside of Twitter (e.g., counter.social) raise privacy and security suspicions, including potential GDPR violations.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/bot-sentinel)