We've all fallen for a fake article now and again—heck, even good ol' Eric Trump isn't immune. However, even satire sites just intended for a laugh can cause confusion and chaos, and there's even been discussion about how fake news sites may have contributed to the election of Trump—something for which Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg have come under fire.

However, we can all bow down to New York Magazine's Brian Feldman, who is valiantly fighting against one of the biggest problems of our Internet age: as Feldman describes, "hoax, satire, fake, and just plain incompetent news sites." Feldman created a Chrome extension aptly entitled Fake News Sites, which is based on a list of unreliable websites created by media studies professor Melissa Zimdars.

Feldman acknowledges that the extension currently only works on the actual domains, which means you need to click on the pages to get a warning—you won't get one as they're linked in social feeds. However, if you're tech-inclined, you can visit the source code which Feldman provided on Github for you to add to.

Thanks for fighting the good fight, Brian.

(H/T New York Magazine)

From: Esquire US