Show HN: Unbubble Shield – An Antivirus for Misinformation

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2 months ago

You have an antivirus for your computer, a VPN for your internet connection, an ad blocker for your browser. What do you have to protect your critical thinking from misinformation?

Fact-checking isn't enough (fake news travel 6x faster than truth) and the most effective misinformation is the one that doesn't even make you suspicious.

That's why we built Unbubble Shield. It works like an antivirus: Shield runs in the background, monitoring hundreds of fact-checking organizations and verification databases, and alerts you when misinformation relevant to your feed is detected.

The onboarding starts with a swipe-through test: we show you real fake news stories that went viral recently. You tell us which ones you've encountered. Then you go through a couple of additional questions to help us calibrate your Shield and only alert you when it's relevant, keeping the noise low.

Check it out and let us know what you think!

About us: We're a small team building tools to fight misinformation and social polarization. Some of our projects are open source under the Unbubble Hub org (https://github.com/UnbubbleHub). Anyone is welcome to contribute.