Web of Trust to fight Fake News

in #technology7 years ago

In the fake news era, it is always good to be skeptical about anything shared.
Take this news, for example, that could easily fool an unprepared person.
Screen Shot 2017-07-19 at 2.58.27 PM.pngA genetically engineered beluga attacking Christians turning them into homosexuals? makes total sense.

But thanks to the Web Of Trust I can notice a yellow circle signing this website is not trusted, therefore raising a red flag about this news.

In their website, you can easily find more granular reviews helping you to filter what is true and what is grade A bullshit.
They also score different categories, i.e: Scam, Child safety, etc.

You can install it from Chrome webstore or Firefox add-ons
It can be handy before we have the WikiTribune running.

This way you will never be fooled by misbehaved Belugas... again.

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Trusting Google to decide what is and isn't fake news is like trusting your bookie to make your bets.