NotNews!

Indicates when you're on a website that's been flagged as a questionable news source, or about to go to one from your Facebook feed.

What is NotNews!?

NotNews! is a Chrome extension that alerts users when they are on a news site flagged as 'fake news' and provides reasons for categorizations. It also warns about questionable sources in Facebook feeds.

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By: https://sherahsmith.com

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Users: 42 ▲ 4

Rating: 3.75 (4)

Version: 1.3 (Last updated: 2016-11-18)

Creation date: 2016-11-17

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
https://ajax.googleapis.com/

Size: 117.76K

Email: sh*****@sherahsmith.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 82121 ▲ 1664

Other rankings

#1117 in News & Weather ▲ 43

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Summary

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This extension alerts you when you're on a news site that isn't deemed "real news" by Melissa Zimdars, assistant professor of communication & media at Merrimack College.

The inspiration for this extension comes from her work 'False, Misleading, Clickbait-y, and Satirical “News” Sources'.

Update: the alert now also displays the reason for the site's categorization as "fake news" if one has been provided in Zimdars' research.

Update 2: Added additional questionable source URLs as well as Facebook hover-over warnings, inspired by BSDetector.

User reviews

I appreciate the warnings. I wish there was a way to suppress them for some sites. E.g. I'm familiar with The Onion and don't need to be notified with multiple pop-ups there as I scroll.

Alan Hoyle, 2017-04-05

Useful when I follow links that inadvertently take me to questionable sites. Usually I run for the hills, but sometimes I read anyway, with the appropriate grains of salt.

Aaron Schulz, 2016-12-14

While I can appreciate some aspects of this tool, it is unfortunately a form of Chinese style censorship in the sense that if a website doesn't agree with an agenda, it can be put on a 'list'. Without even looking at the content of the website, the user is coerced into thinking a negative view of it. You're putting your trust in someone else, rather than making up your own mind; Are you a slave, or are you free to think for yourself? If you see the wisdom in these words, then you understand freedom and critical thinking.

Mike, 2016-12-01

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Safety

Risk impact

NotNews! is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install NotNews! if you trust the publisher.