FirstDraftNewsCheck

First Draft NewsCheck is an interactive version of First Draft’s Visual Verification Guide for Images and Videos
What is FirstDraftNewsCheck?
FirstDraftNewsCheck is an innovative Chrome extension that enables the user to verify the originality and credibility of images and videos on the web. It initiates a guided checklist, prompting the user to investigate the origin, creator, time and location of the content. Last but not least, the extension subsequently calculates a verification score and generates a user-friendly button that can be embedded on any website. Sponsored by the Shuttleworth Foundation and developed by Claire Wardle of First Draft News and Gilad Penn.

Extension stats

Users: 1,000+
Rating: 5.00 (3)
Version: 0.5.3 (Last updated: 2017-01-22)
Creation date: 2017-01-22
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • notifications
Size: 349.18K

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Extension summary

The extension allows you to have an image or video open in your browser and then work through a checklist that prompts you to investigate:

  1. if you are looking at an original piece of content

  2. how confident you are about who created the content

  3. how confident you are about when the content was captured

  4. how confident you are about where the content was captured.

The extension calculates a verification score and creates a button that can be embedded on your website. The app was funded by the Shuttleworth Foundation and built by Claire Wardle of First Draft News and Gilad Penn. Find us at Firstdraftnews.com

Extension safety

Risk impact

FirstDraftNewsCheck requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

FirstDraftNewsCheck has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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