FactSparrow: Website Factuality Ratings

The FactSparrow extension gives you a clearer picture of websites you visit.

What is FactSparrow: Website Factuality Ratings?

FactSparrow: Website Factuality Ratings is a Chrome extension that provides factuality ratings from external media appraisers for news websites. It helps users determine the credibility of the sources they visit.

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By: Repustar

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Users: 129 ▲ 4

Rating: 5.00 (24)

Version: 2.9.5 (Last updated: 2023-07-21)

Creation date: 2021-02-22

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

activeTab
tabs
storage
scripting
contextMenus

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 215.04K

Email: ap*****@repustar.com

URLs: Website

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# 60042 ▲ 117

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Summary

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Many news sites make claims about what’s happening in the world. Should you take them with a grain of salt, or should you assume they’ve done their due diligence?

FactSparrow collects factuality ratings from external media appraisers with transparent ratings systems.

The FactSparrow extension delivers these ratings to you whenever you’re on a site that’s been adjudicated.

The FactSparrow icon will glow different colors based on the factuality ratings of the website you’re viewing. (Please pin the extension to your browser in order to use this function!)

The service currently works best for US web domains.

☆ FactSparrow is a service of Repustar. Learn more: https://repustar.com/about

Questions or feedback? Drop us a line at [email protected]

User reviews

The FactSparrow extension is an essential tool for college students! It is extremely simple to download and use. It saves me valuable time in evaluating sources to include in my own research. You don't need to be a student to find this extension useful, though! Anyone who reads news online will find FactSparrow helpful.

Mirella Petrillo, 2022-01-23

Really valuable to have this resource!

Meghna Ravishankar, 2022-01-22

Beautifully designed and easy-to-use. A helpful and much needed tool to navigate information online.

Sasha Anderson, 2022-01-18

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Safety

Risk impact

FactSparrow: Website Factuality Ratings 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 FactSparrow: Website Factuality Ratings if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

FactSparrow: Website Factuality Ratings is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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