Adblock Plus to Use Blockchain to Detect Fake News

Cointelegraph

Published Jun 13, 2018 06:47PM ET

Updated Jun 13, 2018 08:02PM ET

Adblock Plus to Use Blockchain to Detect Fake News

Adblock Plus developer eyeo GmbH will use blockchain technology in its browser extension Trusted News, TechCrunch reports June, 13.

Trusted News has been launched in beta and so far is only available for Chrome. The project's website states that the browser add-on labels fake news media while marking trustworthy sources and stories. Once added to the browser, the extension displays a small window with a brief description of a news source containing the labels “trustworthy”, “unknown”, “clickbait” or even “satire.”

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