CheckFact✔

Search Snopes to fact check dodgy internet claims
What is CheckFact✔?
CheckFact✔ is a Chrome extension that allows you to fact check dodgy internet claims by searching Snopes. With a simple right click, you can verify the validity of claims and debunk misinformation quickly and easily.

Extension stats

Users: 123 ▼ -15
Rating: 3.67 (3)
Version: 1.0.4 (Last updated: 2023-04-06)
Creation date: 2020-03-29
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
Size: 19.25K

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Extension summary

In current times there are all sorts of claims being thrown around all over the place without explicit evidence. It can be often tedious and time consuming to fact check all such claims. CheckFact✔ attempts to help with that problem through the use of Snopes.

Snopes, formerly known as the Urban Legends Reference Pages, is a fact-checking website which has been described as a "well-regarded reference for sorting out myths and rumors" on the Internet. It has also been seen as a source for validating and debunking urban legends and similar stories in American popular culture.

CheckFact✔ can be used to look up a dodgy internet claim with three easy steps:

  1. Use mouse to select dodgy internet claim
  2. Right click on highlighted text and click on "Search Snopes for..."
  3. Check validity of said claim on redirected Snopes page

CheckFact✔ takes your highlighted text or keywords and opens a new tab, searching for validity the highlighted claim on Snopes.

Contrarily, You can click on the CheckFact✔ popup in the top right and enter a phrase/keywords into the text-box and search for it in Snopes!

Disclaimer: CheckFact✔ and the author are not affiliated with Snopes in any way, shape or form.

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User reviews

Helpful, since Snopes always seems to provide the best answers to claims, and the people who edit there always seem to dig deep into finding said answers.
by Trevor Hart, 2023-10-19

Checks "snopes". The most left wing bias site for "fact checking" that there are sites out there dedicated to debunking everything Snopes says.
by Chip Chipperson, 2022-10-13

CheckFact is indispensable during covid-19 pandemic. Thank you for creating this for us.
by biraj silwal, 2020-04-01
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Extension safety

Risk impact

CheckFact✔ does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

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

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