Fight fake news online by rate and trusting information on any webpage.

Latest Version

Version
0.2.19.1108
Update
November 10, 2019
Size
2.13MiB
Developer
trust.dance
Category
Users
12
Rating
1 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
Identity
Tabs
Storage
Http://*/*
Https://*/*
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Anti Fake News Extension

This app lets you manage your network of trusted peers, and only scores of trusted peers will be visible.

Fake news and AI generated content are a massive problem as there usually is no quick way to fact check the content and source.
Fake news is usually founded in a real source of information but is distorted to fit a narrative. With the never-ending flow of information available on the internet, fact-checking everything is near impossible for a single person to handle.
Even professionals like journalists that are paid to do their fact checking are usually incentive to produce a lot of content and therefore just relay information that seems to be correct without fact checking it first. There is simply no time to fact-check when you need to be the first one to break the news.

How to combat fake news?

There is no good centralized solution, sorry. Here is why…
All information relayed from a person is always presented in a subjective way. Therefore reporting becomes an interpretation of the events happening. There are always degrees of truthiness in the interpretation, but that is defined by the receiver of the information.

Of cause, it would be possible to record everything, to get a full picture of context around the event and present this as information, but you still have the interpretation of the receiver. Recording everything is not efficient and is very time-consuming, so we fall back to reporting and subjective interpretation from the reporter.

Big social platforms are trying hard to govern the information on their platforms, therefore they set up rules that are used to filter information. The problem is that the rules are objective and not subjective, and to comply with the laws of many counties in general, the rules usually ends up stricter than any one country laws.
So fact-checking information before relaying it is an interpretation of an intermediary that decides if the information is valid or not. This may not fit with the end receiver view of things.

Today most consumers of information have to rely on the good faith on the producer of information, as the time and effort to validate the information oneself is not worth the effort. This creates an environment where it is easy to produce information that heavily manipulated and very little fact-checked before it reaches the masses.

What is needed is a system that can immediately present the fact-checking of information in a context according to one’s subjective perspective. This requires a system that supports the possibility of subjective trust in a peer to peer way, resulting in a web of trust network. This way, the only information that is trusted within one’s network will be relayed or flagged. This is similar to white listing intermediaries that we trust.

This what Anti Fake News is about!
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Source Manifest.json

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How to download and manually install Anti Fake News extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Anti Fake News extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Anti Fake News extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Anti Fake News extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Anti Fake News extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Anti Fake News extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Anti Fake News Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Anti Fake News extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Anti Fake News extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Anti Fake News extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Anti Fake News extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Anti Fake News extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Anti Fake News extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Anti Fake News extension file

Select and download the Anti Fake News extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Anti Fake News extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Anti Fake News extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Anti Fake News extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Anti Fake News extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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