Fact Layer

Fact checking resource to help navigate the internet. Provides contextual information via the toolbar giving a brief explanation of a news/organization and what its bias is.
What is Fact Layer?
Fact Layer is a Firefox add-on that integrates into social networking and news aggregation sites, providing contextual information and bias analysis for news and organizations. It also offers fact checking lookup, information on satire and fake news, and detection of unreliable sources.
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Add-on stats

Users: 45 ▲ 1
Rating: 3.75 (4)
Version: 2.0.0.0 (Last updated: 2022-04-10)
Creation date: 2016-12-02
Weekly download count: NaN
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • storage
  • *://factlayer.azurewebsites.net/*
  • webRequest
Size: 353.53K

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Add-on summary

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Fact Layer provides helpful contextual information on many sites while you browse the internet.

Some of the features include:

  1. Integration into social networking / news aggregation sites, to make it easier to tell if a news item is worth clicking into. Currently Reddit, CounterSocial, Digg, Slashdot, and Fark are supported.

  2. Bias information on more than 2,000 news/media sites.

  3. Information on satire, fake news, and extremely unreliable sources.

  4. Article specific fact checking lookup that displays the number of factual statements that are disputed.

  5. Information on around 8,000 charities.

  6. Automated detection of some fake local news sites (i.e actionews3.com, channel22news.com, etc).

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User reviews

by Firefox user 16559494, 2021-01-14
garbage
by 12bytes, 2020-10-19
https://twitter.com/grahamperrin/status/1290569276542287873
by grahamperrin, 2020-07-31
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Fact Layer requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Fact Layer has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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