Trustnet

Allows you to assess different articles as (in)accurate to help your friends and to also see the assessments that they provide.

Trustnet: Assess and Inquire Article Accuracy

Trustnet is a browser extension that helps you assess the accuracy of different articles. Your assessments can benefit others and you can also inquire about accuracy. Assessments from trustworthy sources are loaded on visited pages.
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Extension stats

Users: 108
-9
Rating: 3.25
(4)
Version: 0.1.22 (Last updated: 2024-06-24)
Creation date: 2022-10-27
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Size: 4.05M

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Extension summary

This is a browser extension as part of a research project that allows you to assess different articles as accurate or inaccurate. Your assessments can help benefit those users who follow or trust you on https://trustnet.csail.mit.edu. You too can benefit from the assessments provided by your sources, since their assessments of any webpage you visit will be loaded on the page. In addition to providing accuracy assessments, you can also inquire about the accuracy of an article. Your inquiries can be anonymous or tied to your name and by default, will surface to those you have marked as trustworthy on Trustnet. Alternatively, you can specify who you would like to ask about the accuracy of the article. They will receive an email about your inquiry and can provide an answer to you.

User reviews

Buggy. Took three tries to log in, then said "something went wrong" when I tried to leave feedback on a site.
by Kerim Friedman, 2024-07-07

Activation email went to spam folder and 6 hour timeout expired before this was discovered. Cannot find a way to restart the authentication process so I can't run the extension. I do have an account so starting over is defeated because account already exists. Hopefully this bad review will reach a human and this problem can get fixed.
by Ed Haskell, 2024-05-22
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Trustnet requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

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

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