Chrome-Stats extension
Primary Source Scraper
An extension designed to highlight links to primary sources in news articles.
What is Primary Source Scraper?
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- https://primarysourcescraper.azurewebsites.net/api/*
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- storage
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Summary
News lives on the internet now! Various news sources are taking advantage of that by linking to sources, but it's not always clear that they're linking to external sources. It's even less clear whether they're linking to trustworthy external sources.
This project has a few goals:
- Make it clear whether a news article links to any external sources that readers can use to independently verify that the news is being reported accurately.
- Highlight the links to those sources
- (Eventually) Point out the relative trustworthiness of those sources (e.g. a .gov url is likely more trustworthy of a source than a tweet)
Here is an overview of how to use Primary Source Scraper
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Safety
Risk impact
Primary Source Scraper is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Primary Source Scraper if you trust the publisher.
Risk likelihood
Primary Source Scraper has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.