CombattingDisinformation

Asatya is a browser extension that bundles a suite of tools to fight disinformation on the web. These inform the user of a news report's reliability, media bias and objectivity using sophisticated Machine Learning Models.The extension summarises the report for the user's convenience, and suggests similar verified articles.

Usage

Within a Site

Right Clicking a Link

Features

1. Machine Learning Predictor for News Reliability
2. Displaying Media Bias
3. Displaying Objectivity
4. Suggested Articles using keyword extraction
5. Article Summariser using Extractive Summarisation Algorithm

Install and Test

Follow below instructions to run the Asatya Browser Extension.

git clone https://github.com/MananSuri27/CombattingDisinformation.git
cd CombattingDisinformation
cd extension 
npm i
npm run build
cd ..
pip install -r requirements.txt
python3 -m flask run

Now open chrome, go to chrome://extensions/ or “more tools -> extensions” Then, turn on the developer mode at the top-right corner Then, in top-left corner click on load unpacked, then follow this path CombattingDisinformation -> extension -> build

Now at the top right pin our “Asatya” extension and enjoy the seamless experience :)

Demo Video

Team

• Aaryak Garg
• Arsh Kohli
• Manan Suri

Attributions

Kaggle: Fake and real news dataset
COVID19 Fake News Detection in English
Media Bias Fact Check