Fake News Blocker

A browser add-on for warning users of fake news sites, parody sites, and other misleading journalistic sources.

Uses the Politifact Fake News Almanac as the source for known fake news websites.

The blocker can be toggled by pressing its icon in the browser toolbar.

How to run locally

For developing, and until the extension is published to add-on stores, this extension can be run locally as a temporary add-on:

Firefox

1. Get the source code (download as zip & unpack or git clone)
2. Goto about:debugging and click "Load Temporary Add-on"
3. Open the extension directory/manifest.json

Chrome and Chromium based

Includes Opera, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, etc

1. Get the source code (download as zip & unpack or git clone)
2. Open the Extension Management page by navigating to chrome://extensions.
3. Enable Developer Mode by clicking the toggle switch next to Developer mode.
4. Click the LOAD UNPACKED button and select the extension directory.

Resources

• JavaScript Standard Style