The Fact Checker

🌐 In the fast-paced world of social media, fake news, and scam emails, misinformation and disinformation can spread like wildfire. 🚨 As the social media giants move away from fact-checking content, knowing truth from fiction—especially potentially dangerous or costly fiction—is more important than ever. 🛡️ Meet The Fact Check Extension: your guardian against misleading and dangerous content. 📅 Catalogue updated weekly! ✨ The Fact Check Extension (Checker) is a revolutionary free browser extension designed to fight the spread of misinformation online. With its unique alert system and vast catalogue of fact checks and scam warnings, Checker is one of the most significant tools available in the battle for truth on the internet. 💻 Whether you're browsing through social media feeds, checking your inbox, reading the news, or surfing the web, if Checker detects posts with known misinformation, disinformation, or scams, it will let you know instantly. ⏳ While some other fact-checking extensions require users to flag content themselves for review, Checker takes the hard work out of getting on top of fake news. It works silently in the background, only activating when something flagged by a reputable source has been spotted on your screen—meaning you aren't being clogged with graphics or unnecessary notifications while you browse. 🔗 And unlike other fact-checking services that use AI to generate fact-check information, Checker links its users straight to the original source—rewarding the people who write the fact checks for their work. 📚 Features include: ✔️ Fact checks and scam warnings from outlets like AAP, AP, BBC, Snopes, Newsweek and over a dozen more! ✔️ A unique interface with live alerts and interactive elements. ✔️ Support for 15 languages, including 🇬🇧 English, 🇮🇹 Italiano, 🇪🇸 Español, 🇨🇳 中文, 🇮🇩 Bahasa Indonesia, 🇮🇳 हिंदी, and ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Punjabi)! 📢 THOUSANDS of fact-check and scam warning alerts available! ✨ The Fact Checker works on social media, scam and hoax emails, WhatsApp Web, and more! ⚠️ Developer's Note: Due to Chrome Web Store page restrictions, the interface will not load while browsing the store. Please navigate to a different URL for it to load the first time. **V1.1.60.0 release notes** September 29, 2025 Catalogue length: 12,457 fact checks and scam warnings, 17,664 known phrases **V1.1.59.0 release notes** August 23, 2025 Catalogue length: 12,296 fact checks and scam warnings, 17,454 known phrases **V1.1.58.0 release notes** June 23, 2025 Catalogue length: 11,863 fact checks and scam warnings, 16,866 known phrases **V1.1.57.0 release notes** June 9, 2025 Catalogue length: 11,771 fact checks and scam warnings, 16,743 known phrases **V1.1.56.0 release notes** May 19, 2025 Catalogue length: 11,656 fact checks and scam warnings, 16,586 known phrases **V1.1.55.0 release notes** May 6, 2025 Catalogue length: 11,591 fact checks and scam warnings, 16506 known phrases **V1.1.54.0 release notes** April 27, 2025 Catalogue length: 11,521 fact checks and scam warnings, 16,415 known phrases **V1.1.53.0 release notes** April 4, 2025 Catalogue length: 11,318 fact checks and scam warnings, 16,143 known phrases **V1.1.52.0 release notes** March 20, 2025 Long-standing issue where the Latest and Random buttons lose interactivity after their first use has been resolved. List of Latest fact checks in the catalogue has been updated to be more visually appealing. Catalogue length: 11,114 fact checks and scam warnings, 15,879 known phrases **V1.1.51.0 release notes** March 12, 2025 Catalogue length: 11,018 fact checks and scam warnings, 15,767 known phrases **V1.1.50.0 release notes** February 25, 2025 Catalogue length: 10,825 fact checks and scam warnings, 15,529 known phrases **V1.1.49.0 release notes** February 06, 2025 Catalogue length: 10,639 fact checks and scam warnings, 15,294 known phrases **V1.1.48.0 release notes** February 03, 2025 Catalogue length: 10,587 fact checks and scam warnings, 15,227 known phrases **V1.1.47.0 release notes** January 29, 2025 Catalogue length: 8342 fact checks and scam warnings, 12,959 known phrases **V1.1.46.0 release notes** January 22, 2025 Catalogue length: 8234 fact checks and scam warnings, 12,814 known phrases **V1.1.45.0 release notes** January 14, 2025 Catalogue length: 8101 fact checks and scam warnings, 12,629 known phrases **V1.1.44.0 release notes** January 12, 2025 Catalogue length: 8080 fact checks and scam warnings, 12,601 known phrases **V1.1.43.0 release notes** January 8, 2025 Catalogue length: 8004 fact checks and scam warnings, 12,492 known phrases **V1.1.42.0 release notes** December 27, 2024 Catalogue length: 7875 fact checks and scam warnings, 12,316 known phrases **V1.1.41.0 release notes** December 20, 2024 Catalogue length: 7800 fact checks and scam warnings, 12,213 known phrases **V1.1.40.0 release notes** December 15, 2024 Catalogue length: 7700 fact checks and scam warnings, 12,084 known phrases **V1.1.39.0 release notes** December 11, 2024 Catalogue length: 7623 fact checks and scam warnings, 11,986 known phrases **V1.1.38.0 release notes** December 8, 2024 Catalogue length: 7562 fact checks and scam warnings, 11,910 known phrases **V1.1.37.0 release notes** December 4, 2024 Catalogue length: 7487 fact checks and scam warnings, 11,803 known phrases **V1.1.36.0 release notes** November 27, 2024 Catalogue length: 7390 fact checks and scam warnings, 11,653 known phrases **V1.1.35.0 release notes** November 24, 2024 Catalogue length: 7317 fact checks and scam warnings, 11,553 known phrases **V1.1.34.0 release notes** November 19, 2024 Catalogue length: 7193 fact checks and scam warnings, 11,393 known phrases **V1.1.33.0 release notes** November 16, 2024 Catalogue length: 7148 fact checks and scam warnings, 11,327 known phrases **V1.1.32.0 release notes** November 11, 2024 This week we introduce a new feature: Latest. The latest button on the dashboard allows us…