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this may be of interest - bbc.co.uk/news/technology-4...

The newsguard plugin can be installed on most browsers quite easily and it can flag up new sites that may have some baggage or suspicious practices.

good to see things moving in this direction.

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What a great plugin to source out the possible sites that are providing quite frankly naff information or trying to sell snake oil to vulnerable people living with Fibromyalgia :)

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desquinnPartnerVolunteerFMAUK Trustee in reply toMdaisy

I think it will be less medical orientated for now but their database will grow and often these negative sites are pushing agendas more than just firbo related so will be highlighted.

Their criteria is quite good and good to see these sort of services countering the false fact sites and stories.

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Great Idea, for buffering out the fictional stories with the crankability factor. As hilarious as they are, some people actually believe what they print.

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