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Our.News

"Our.News - now in its beta - provides in-sight tools and add-ons that fact check news stories aggregated from across the internet on the spot." - Counteringdisinformation.org

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"Additionally, Our.News provides downloadable apps such as Newstrition, "a free Chrome and Firefox browser extension that provides background information about news publishers, verified by the Freedom Forum Institute, allowing users to check and rate a story’s sources and also rate the stories themselves." Fact-Checking Any News Story 1\. Publisher Info View background information about every publisher, with bias ratings by AllSides. 2\. Article Sources & Meta Dig deeper into the article’s sources, author(s), and editor(s). 3\. Indicators Review results sourced from traditional fact-checkers that have analyzed the article, including Politifact, Snopes, FactCheck.org, and more. 4\. Ratings and Reviews See how other Our.News users have rated and explained their findings. How do you stop automated bots and bias?" - Counteringdisinformation.org

Project type
Tool or platform
Language(s)
English
Tech stack
BuiltWith report →
Categories
Engagement journalism, Fight disinformation, Graveyard, Media
Added
2022-05-31
Last modified
2026-07-12T16:44:23.000Z

Additional details

Number of integrations
0
Geographic focus
Global, United States of America 🇺🇸
Geographic focus — country
United States of America 🇺🇸
Source
[Database of Informational Interventions](https://counteringdisinformation.org/interventions)

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