# newshelper

> Safeguard news reading experience

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `newshelper`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Wildsky
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,alerts-updates
- **Daily users:** 7
- **Version:** 1.6.1resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2017-11-08
- **Size:** 86 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/newshelper/)

## Description

"News Helper" is a Firefox add-on that uses crowd-sourcing to safeguard your news reading experience by reminding you to be critical when reading dubious or untrue news articles online.

## Rankings

- #39,613 — Overall
- #235 — news

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `notifications`
- `http://newshelper.g0v.tw/*`
- `https://www.facebook.com/*`
- `http://www.facebook.com/*`
- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`

### Content script matches

- `www.facebook.com`
- `*`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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/newshelper)