Check This by MetaCert

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Make better choices about News content based on its reputation. Useful when URL is not visible on sites like FB, Twitter & Yahoo!When you see a news headline or a link to a news article, do you ever wonder if it’s real, extremely biased or false?

Check This is a fast and reliable browser extension that provides you with more information about news sources – before you even visit the website.

This extension will highlight Fake, Satire, Far-left, Far-right and Alt-right news so you can make better informed choices about the type of news you consume.

Get more information when using one of the following:

- Search Engines
- Facebook
- Twitter
- Yahoo! News

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This extension is brought to you by Cybersecurity company MetaCert. It was built by some of the most experienced browser developers in the world.

MetaCert is also the #1 company in the world for URL Classification - hosting the world's biggest database of classified content. It’s Founder and CEO Paul Walsh, co-instigated the creation of the W3C Standard for URL Classification.

MetaCert aggregates all of the data provided by trusted, unbiased Fact Checkers such as Snopes, Politifact and Buzzfeed and puts it into a single database.

MetaCert then crawls, finds and labels the social media accounts that news sites own - in a way that no other company can. This is how we have the world's biggest database of classified news to help combat disinformation online through a powerful API.

This is not a politically motivated extension. We simply believe in providing society with more information in order to make better informed choices before consuming content on the Web.

Our goal is to show the big players how to make use of the MetaCert API for implementation on their own Platforms.

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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EACH CATEGORY

Fake News
Content or content producer that has been proven to publish false information.

Far-left
Content that is known to be biased towards expressing far-left political views.

Far-right
Content that is known to be biased towards expressing far-right political views.

Satire
Content that is presented as news but deliberately satirical in nature and therefore can not be considered unbiased.

Alt-right
Content or content producer that expresses unproven or speculative views based on white supremacist ideologies.

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HOW TO TEST THE EXTENSION TO MAKE SURE IT'S WORKING

Visit infowars.com - you should see a red icon on the bottom right corner of the webpage.

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