B.S. Detector

B.S. Detector

Identify fake news sources on Facebook in Chrome.

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2016 Golden Kitty Awards
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B.S. Detector is a browser extension that alerts users to unreliable news sources.
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Launch tags:
Web App•Chrome Extensions•Social Network
Launch Team

What do you think? …

Daniel Sieradski
Maker
I built this in about an hour yesterday after reading Zuck's BS about not being able to flag fake news sites. Of course you can. It just takes having a spine to call out nonsense. This is just a proof of concept at this point, but it works well enough.
Bo Wang
@selfagency May I ask how do you actually detect questionable sources or simply fake news?
Daniel Sieradski
Maker
@bluemonk482 I've compiled a list of domains that are well-known sources of fake news, conspiracy theory, innuendo, and unsourced claims. The domains cover the political spectrum from left to right and I have done my absolute best to be impartial in my selections.
Adam Fallon
@selfagency @bluemonk482 you should let others tag sources too
Daniel Sieradski
Maker
@afallon02 @bluemonk482 anyone can submit a pull request on github
Adam Fallon
@selfagency @bluemonk482 not very user friendly / the damage of incorrect news spreads quicker than people can generate PR's. Good work though :)
Ryan Hoover
I tweeted this an hour ago: I love the internet.
Alex Panagis
@rrhoover the articles aren't fake. Nothing can change information.
Tom Masiero
@tpbtv @rrhoover Paul Joseph Watson throws shade on this "whitelist"
Tom Masiero
Niv Dror
ME whenever Trump's surrogates are doing an interview: