{"id":83997,"date":"2016-11-16T21:51:20","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T19:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=83997"},"modified":"2016-11-16T21:52:36","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T19:52:36","slug":"a-chrome-extension-that-will-flag-fake-news-sites-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=83997","title":{"rendered":"A Chrome Extension That Will Flag Fake-News Sites for You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15-fake-news-2.w710.h473.2x.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-83998\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15-fake-news-2.w710.h473.2x-922x614.jpg?resize=922%2C614\" alt=\"15-fake-news-2-w710-h473-2x\" width=\"922\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15-fake-news-2.w710.h473.2x.jpg?resize=922%2C614&amp;ssl=1 922w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15-fake-news-2.w710.h473.2x.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15-fake-news-2.w710.h473.2x.jpg?resize=920%2C613&amp;ssl=1 920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15-fake-news-2.w710.h473.2x.jpg?resize=940%2C626&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15-fake-news-2.w710.h473.2x.jpg?resize=900%2C600&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15-fake-news-2.w710.h473.2x.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It works like this: If you visit a URL known for producing non-news in news-like packages, you get a pop-up alert warning you. That\u2019s it! <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/fake-news-alert\/aickfmgnhocegpdbfnpfnedpeionfkbh\" target=\"_blank\">Now go install it<\/a> everywhere&#8230;or don&#8217;t it might be fake too&#8230;damn you internet \u00a0via <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/selectall\/2016\/11\/heres-a-browser-extension-that-will-flag-fake-news-sites.html?mid=facebook_selectall\" target=\"_blank\">nymag<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It works like this: If you visit a URL known for producing non-news in news-like packages, you get a pop-up alert warning you. That\u2019s it! Now go install it everywhere&#8230;or don&#8217;t it might be fake too&#8230;damn you internet \u00a0via nymag<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[686,1914],"class_list":["post-83997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-other-stuff","tag-chrome","tag-fake-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15-fake-news-2.w710.h473.2x.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102479,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=102479","url_meta":{"origin":83997,"position":0},"title":"A Chrome Extension That Will\u2026","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"16\/11\/2016","format":"gallery","excerpt":"A Chrome Extension That Will Flag Fake-News Sites for\u00a0You It works like this: If you visit a URL known for producing non-news in news-like packages, you get a pop-up alert warning you. 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