Politically Charged

Politically Charged

Determines political bias in web articles

What is Politically Charged?
"Politically Charged" is a Chrome extension that determines the political bias in web articles using linguistic bias detection. It provides a rating from -100 to 100, allowing users to understand the keywords that influence political leaning and track their own biases over time.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 7 ▼ -1
Rating: 3.00 (2)
Version: 1.4.4 (Last updated: 2018-04-04)
Creation date: 2018-04-04
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • tabs
  • storage
  • http://107.13.160.194:8888/
  • http://politicallycharged.hopto.org:8888/
  • https://politicallycharged.us-east-2.elasticbeanstalk.com/
Size: 72.22K
Stats date:

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Summary

Displays a political bias rating of the news articles you read using linguistic bias detection. Articles are rated from -100 to 100 with -100 being as Conservative as possible, 100 being as Liberal as possible, and 0 being completely neutral. This extension is not meant to support or degrade any news source or political leaning, but give insight into the keywords being used to lead readers a certain direction.

Internalize your insight into bias by creating an account and tracking your browsing history. By analyzing the leanings of the sources you read most, your own biases will be brought to light and open for honest interpretation.

Privacy Policy: Downloading this extension and creating an account WILL track your browsing history. Any web pages that trigger a political bias rating will be recorded along with the time of access so you can observe your history over time. This extension can be uninstalled or logged out of at any time to prevent further tracking of data. The requirements for creating an account are simply a username, email, and password, all of which are encrypted using the SHA512 standard and HTTPS certificates, and deleted on removal of an account.

User reviews
Does not work. On many news articles is just says that no score has been provided.
by Artex Jay Artex Jay, 2019-08-15
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Safety
Risk impact

Politically Charged may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Politically Charged is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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