Fake News

Fake News

Helper Tool for Political Research

Fake News
Merlin
Stats
This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-05-31
Users: 1
Rating: 5.00 (2)
Version: 1.3 (Last updated: 2020-04-17)
Creation date: 2020-04-17
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • declarativeContent
  • storage
  • history
Size: 38.78K
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Summary

This Chrome extension can be used to determine the political biases of the news sites users visit. Additionally, this extension has a search feature where users can search certain politicians to get their respective website, political party, and credibility rating. While the database for sites and people are relatively small, users can submit to an online database which can then be integrated into the extension's database.

User reviews
Very cool, I discovered a lot of Fake News with this extension!
by M8R M8R, 2020-04-16

Very Cool. Thank you for helping me be a more engaged global citizen!
by Jacob Dulai Jacob Dulai, 2020-04-16
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Safety
Risk impact

Fake News is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Fake News may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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