FiB Alternatives

FiB is described as 'The FiB Chrome extension analyzes your Facebook feed for a url, picture, and text's validity. It was built by four students as part of Princeton University's hackathon, with the challenge to solve Facebook's problem with fake news' and is an app. There are three alternatives to FiB for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Google Chrome and Safari apps. The best FiB alternative is B.S. Detector, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FiB are StB and Fake Out.

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  1. B.S. Detector icon

    B.S. Detector

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    B.S. Detector is a browser extension that warns users about unreliable news sources. It basically searches all links on a given webpage for references to unreliable sources, checking against a manually compiled list of domains.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Firefox
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    • B.S. Detector is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to FiB.

    • B.S. Detector is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to FiB.

    • B.S. Detector is Free and Open SourceFiB is also Free and Open Source
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    StB

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    StB (stop-the-bullshit) is a Chrome browser extension that blocks websites that publish fake news, and hides their posts on Facebook.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
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  4. Fake Out icon

    Fake Out

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    FakeOut: Your Quick & Easy Misinformation Buster.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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    • Fake Out is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to FiB.

    • Fake Out is Free and ProprietaryFiB is Free and Open Source
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