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anantdgoel / ProjectFib

Chrome extension to flag fake news on Facebook. Built at HackPrinceton '16
https://www.projectfib.com
Open Software License 3.0
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Add SURBL.org and URIBL.com checks too. #26

Open iPublicis opened 7 years ago

iPublicis commented 7 years ago

I made a post on Facebook that I think goes total in sync with your nice idea. Below inserted a translated version of what I wrote at https://www.facebook.com/lopolencastredealmeida/posts/10210500882618965

I still think the way to counter this is to associate something social ( "people-driven") similar to the Web of Trust with bad link databases (such as SURBL.org and URIBL.com) linked to URIs that are shared on FB. At least people could verify the honesty of the source, even if that is somehow fallible.

Something like a mix of https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/safe-preview/ and MyWOT.com service (the addon had some issues but I don't know if the API suffers of the same issues).

I used a similar scheme on a site that catches a huge amount of SPAM, Phishing and worms with virtually no impact on the system. It should not be so complicated for Facebook to implement it as well.