Check

Check, developed by Meedan, is a platform for collaborative verification of digital media. The Check project has worked to build online tools to improve the investigative quality of citizen journalism and help limit the rapid spread of rumors online.

Check: Collaborative Verification for Digital Media

Check is a Firefox add-on developed by Meedan that enables collaborative verification of digital media. It allows users to quickly add media items for investigation, answer tasks, and streamline the fact-checking process. It is an effective tool to improve investigative quality and combat the rapid spread of rumors and misinformation online.

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Add-on stats

By: Meedan

Daily users: 13

Rating: 3.86

(7)

Version: 2.5.13 (Last updated: 2022-09-27)

Version code: 5464074

Creation date: 2017-09-21

Firefox on Android: No

Risk:

Permissions:

activeTab
contextMenus

Size: 499.06K

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 24,398 ▲ 672

Other rankings

#146 in whatsapp keyword 49 ▲ 1

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome

Not available on Android

Not available on Edge

User reviews

yet another so-called 'fake news' detector with loads of bias don't allow others to do your thinking for you

by icstars, 2020-11-04

by Daniele, 2020-09-22

This extension is great!

by Caio, 2020-09-10

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Check requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

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

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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