A Browser Extension to Curb Fake News

Abstract

As the Internet continues to become available for people throughout the world, the amount of information shared also continues to grow. People throughout the world are writing articles, compiling datasets, taking stances and sharing information. Simultaneously, as the amount of information shared across the Internet grows, it becomes increasingly difficult to decipher what is true, what is not, and what lies somewhere in between. This project is an effort to provide everyday Internet users with a way not just to decipher what is real and what isn’t, but also to provide these users with more factual contextual information about the pages that they are viewing while they surf the web.