2. Browser Extensions

Mini Tools for Big Tasks

Robert Bourgoing/20 November 2024

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Browser extensions are essential tools for anyone engaged in online fact-checking. These small add-ons enhance your web browser’s capabilities, making it faster and easier to verify content.

Take inVid, for example: a multi-purpose tool perfect for analyzing videos and images. It extracts screenshots from videos, helping you trace their origins, and analyzes metadata to check for manipulations. Another game-changer is the Wayback Machine extension, which recovers archived versions of deleted or altered web pages. For photos, Exif Viewer Classic reveals hidden metadata, including GPS coordinates, enabling you to verify where an image was taken.

Installing these extensions is straightforward: visit the Chrome Web Store, search for the extension, and click “Add to Chrome.” Once added, you can pin them for quick access. Tools like Google Lens and Google Translate, already integrated into Chrome, further simplify fact-checking by offering reverse image search, text extraction, and instant translation.

With just a handful of extensions, your browser becomes a powerful ally in identifying and combating misinformation online. Explore these tools, and elevate your fact-checking to the next level!

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