Used to detect information on news/media site

Latest Version

Version
1.0.5
Update
October 3, 2021
Size
828KiB
Developer
Category
Users
41
Rating
5 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Thinkrs Context Tool Extension

** NOTE: This extension is in beta. While performance is continuously being upgraded, it may interfere with site loading / readability. If this occurs, please disable while not using **

The Thinkrs Context Tool helps users to think critically about the news they are presented by media publications. It is a toolkit that complements the Thinkrs Community Platform, allowing users to quickly identify broad biases in an online article or post.

** Coming Soon **
- Twitter integration!
- Annotation of bias / fact-checking in articles
- Extension linked to Thinkrs Platform profile (earn badges with extension)
- Extension linked to Thinkrs Media Diet analysis

** What's New: August 2021**
- More user-friendly list of auto-load sites
- Option to manually analyze without auto-load

** What's New: July 2021**
- Automatic loading / prompts on supported pages
- Option to turn on/off autoloading

** What's New: April 2021**
- More stability
- MANY more media organisations

** What's New: March 2021**
- Renovated API
- New lightweight sidebar UI
- Speed improvements

** What's New: December 2020**
- Better stability and performance
- Extension only available once pages have loaded
- Card are hidden when information not available

** What's New: November 2020**
- Users can vote on the partisanship lean of a specific article
- The lean of an article is pulled from the aggregated data of the community and displayed live
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Source Manifest.json

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