This may come as good news for all those who have fallen prey to fake news on Facebook. A group of students in the US have come up with a unique algorithm that authenticates what is real and what is fake on Facebook.

What have they created?

The group of students have made a Chrome browser extension that tags links in Facebook feeds as verified or not verified after cross checking the content with other news sources.

The plug-in will provide credible information on the topic everytime a post appears to be false.


The extension has been named as FiB and was developed in a day and a half by the students for a hackathon(an event on computer programming) at Princeton University.