# Fresh News

> Graying out news, posts and messages you have already seen.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `fresh-news`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sergey Vlasov
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,appearance
- **Version:** 1.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2020-12-13
- **First published:** 2020-12-02
- **Size:** 33 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fresh-news/)
- **Website:** [https://freshnewsextension.com/](https://freshnewsextension.com/)

## Description

Fresh News is a Firefox add-on that grays out news, posts, and messages you have already seen. It helps you focus on new content by providing a similar effect to grayed link text for visited sites, without the need to click on news headlines.

## Rankings

- #142,086 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`
- `storage`
- `unlimitedStorage`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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