Posted on 11/20/2016 12:39:45 PM PST by jcon40
While Facebook grapples with how to solve its “fake news” problem, two people have created extensions for Google Chrome that flag sites that they believe produce bogus stories on a regular basis.
For anyone unfamiliar with Chrome extensions, they are programs you can download within the Chrome browser that serve various purposes. For example, the AdBlocker extension is incredibly popular as it blocks almost every annoying ad on the Internet.
The first fake news extension, dubbed by creator Daniel Sieradski the “B.S. Detector,” was created shortly after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said fake news was hard to identify and didn’t really have an effect on the election. It flags articles from sites with questionable sources and appears to be relatively unbiased (for example, InfoWars and Occupy Democrats both have their sites listed and they are on opposite sides of the p
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I have NO doubt the Google Apps in this article are BS and why I posted.
Learn more from FR comments then from the article itself.
A mans opinion is only as good as the information he used to arrive at that opinion
I hate Firefox’s bloat but I refuse to let a Google product anywhere near my computer if I can possibly help it, and Microsloth’s browser is stuck in the frigging Bronze Age.
Yes, agreed, Microsoft Edge is best and safest approach. Firefox doesn’t have the resources to maintain good software, it is hacked, and sucks. Chrome has limited compatibility and, like Google, doesn’t care about privacy and security.
I know...doesn’t matter when dealing with RAT libs.
It is interesting to contemplate who might run in the future. I suspect we haven't heard the last of Pocahontas. I don't think they have a deep bench of credible candidates. Plus, will they have a bit of a civil war to deal with between the Clinton and Sanders wings of the party.
You could try these:
Brave - by the co-founder of Mozilla who was ousted for his support of Proposition 8.
Vivaldi - by the co-founder of Opera.
Midori - A linux browser that now has a windows version
How long until that is hacked?
Gee I don’t see Breitbart on that list. They must not be a “real” news site.
Great map. Nice if the Electoral College was based on this if it is changed.
Sick of the Big City politics trying to tell rural America how to live and think.
We grow their damn food, generate their power and collect their water.
Great map. Nice if the Electoral College was based on this if it is changed.
Sick of the Big City politics trying to tell rural America how to live and think.
We grow their damn food, generate their power and collect their water.
Opera is not well supported, compatibility is suspect. I’ll stick with Microsoft Edge, which is really solid, well-featured, works well, and rather intensely supported. (I have moved from and back to Microsoft browsers over the years and for the moment, there is no meaningful alternative.
Won’t ever work. It’s a matter of opinion. Not something a program can determine.
That sounds like a plan!
If we want to temper these company’s control over the web, we have to start giving these other guys a shot.
I plan to be dead by the time Chelsea Clinton runs for president.
I had Opera when it first came out, and back then I agree with that statement.
However, today it is vert fast, blocks garbage, and appears to work great.
I have never used Microsoft Edge, but almost everything I have used Microsoft over time turns to crap. Even if you spend every week cleaning it up. Just been my experience with Microsoft since the early 1990s.
I have slowly switched over to Apple, and it’s been a great experience. The only negative about Apple products is the upfront cost. That’s it thought. I don’t have to spend every week cleaning it up, and it boots up fast. I never have to clean it for viruses, etc....
Thanks!
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