Merlin
Fake news detector

Fake news detector

A chromium extension to alert when you read a Fake news webpage.

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Merlin
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This add-on was removed from Edge Add-on Store on 2022-05-26
Users: 303
Rating: 4.00 (1)
Version: 1.2.1 (Last updated: 2020-10-12)
Creation date: 2020-10-12
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
  • background
  • storage
Size: 92.60K
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Summary
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Updated 2020. 10. 12. Yahoo News and MSN News are added to the available sites. Some bugs are fixed.

This extension tells you whether a news webpage on the web site includes a fake story or not. Available sites are the followings:

  1. http://biz.chosun.com/
  2. http://imnews.imbc.com/
  3. http://isplus.joins.com/
  4. http://joongang.joins.com/
  5. http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/
  6. http://mbn.mk.co.kr/pages/news/index.html
  7. http://news.jtbc.joins.com
  8. http://news.kbs.co.kr/
  9. http://news.sbs.co.kr/indexes/news_index.html
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Safety
Risk impact

Fake news detector 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 Fake news detector if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Fake news detector may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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