Trueva

A Chrome extension that analyzes news articles or selected text to highlight potential misinformation patterns, provide an authenticity score, bias meter, and reputable source suggestions.

Features

• Dual scanning modes: full page or selection
• Authenticity score with color coding
• Bias detection meter (heuristic)
• Flagged claims with explanations
• Suggested reputable sources and search queries
• On-page highlights of suspicious spans
• Privacy-friendly: local analysis by default

Install (Developer Mode)

1. Build not required. Open Chrome → Extensions → Enable Developer Mode.
2. Click "Load unpacked" and select the fake-news-filter/ folder.
3. Pin the extension. Open a news page and click the icon.

Usage

• Scan Full Page: Analyzes the article body.
• Scan Selection: Select a paragraph, then analyze only that text.
• Toggle Highlights: Show/hide underlined spans on the page.

Architecture

• manifest.json: MV3 configuration
• popup/: UI (HTML/CSS/JS)
• content/: DOM extraction and highlighting
• background/: service worker placeholder
• src/analyzer.js: heuristics, flags, highlights, scoring
• src/scoring.js: bias meter
• src/sources.js: source suggestion heuristic & reliability proxy
• src/privacy.js: explainability panel

Privacy

• No external requests are made by default. All analysis is local.
• Source suggestions are generic links to reputable outlets.

Roadmap

• Integrate live fact-check APIs (Snopes, PolitiFact) with user opt-in
• Improve NLP (transformer-based classifier) and citation detection
• Add community feedback loop and trust timeline