Avast News Companion (beta)

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What is Avast News Companion (beta)?

Avast News Companion (beta) is a Chrome extension that allows users to easily check the accuracy, balance, and biases of news sources. It alerts users about political bias and identifies scientific, satiric, and questionable sources. The extension also analyzes factual reporting and verifies statements against fact-checking databases to alert users about misleading claims and incorrect news. Additionally, it helps users understand their reading habits and make informed decisions about news. Coming soon, users will be able to visualize their reading habits. The extension collects information about user clicks, ratings, and the newspapers they read to provide insights on reading habits. Avast News Companion (beta) is available for Google Chrome™ and other Chromium browsers.

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Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2024-06-05

By: https://www.avast.com

Users: 100

Rating: 3.67 (3)

Version: 1.3.164 (Last updated: 2022-02-22)

Creation date: 2021-08-29

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
storage
https://*.ff.avast.com/
https://*.svc.avast.com/

Size: 520.19K

Email: br*****@avast.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

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Don’t be fooled by fake news. Get Avast News Companion to check your sources for biases and factual reporting.

With Avast News Companion, you can easily and quickly check how accurate and balanced your favorite news sites are. It alerts you when sites have a known political bias, which range from Left to Right, and we'll also tell you about scientific, satiric, and questionable sources. With this extension you’ll be sure to know the truth behind what you read. Avast News Companion uses algorithms that analyze factual reporting, and verify the statements from the articles against fact-checking databases. Based on that you’ll get alerted about misleading claims or incorrect news.

The extension can also identify conspiracies and propaganda, so you know you're reading the truth.

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