# B.S. Detector

> A browser extension that alerts users to unreliable news sources.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `bsdetector`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** The Self Agency, LLC
- **Daily users:** 136
- **Rating:** 2.67 / 5 (24 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.2.9resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2016-12-06
- **Size:** 78 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-03-29
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/bsdetector/)
- **Website:** [http://bsdetector.tech](http://bsdetector.tech/)

## Description

B.S. Detector is a powerful browser extension designed to help users quickly identify fake, biased, satirical, and otherwise unreliable news sources. It adds warning labels to questionable websites and flags links on popular social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.

The extension categorizes news sources into types such as Fake News, Satire, Extreme Bias, Conspiracy Theory, Rumor Mill, State News, Junk Science, Hate Groups, Clickbait, and more. By alerting users to these categories, B.S. Detector empowers you to consume news critically and avoid misinformation online, enhancing your browsing safety and trustworthiness of content.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `*://unshorten.me/*`
- `webRequest`
- `webNavigation`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension is not longer available in the store

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