TruthLens

AI-driven misinformation detection

TruthLens: Your AI-Powered Shield Against Misinformation Navigate your social media feeds with confidence. TruthLens is an advanced, AI-driven browser extension designed to instantly verify claims, detect manipulated media, and combat fake news directly within your active tab. Whether you are reading a news article, scrolling through social media, or looking at a suspicious infographic, TruthLens brings the fact-checking to you. By combining optical character recognition (OCR), advanced artificial intelligence, and community-driven verification, TruthLens provides real-time credibility assessments without forcing you to leave your feed. Key Features • Real-Time AI Fact-Checking: Instantly evaluate textual claims and social media posts. TruthLens cross-references data against live search context and verified databases to deliver a clear verdict: Fact, Fake, Misleading, Satire, or Unverified. • Smart Image Snipping Tool: Suspicious meme or infographic? Use the built-in snipping tool to capture images directly from your screen. TruthLens extracts the embedded text and evaluates the underlying claims. • Deepfake & Visual Manipulation Detection: Uncover digitally altered images. TruthLens analyzes visual artifacts and provides forensic explanations to help you identify deepfakes and photoshopped content. • Seamless In-Page Integration: No more copy-pasting links into separate tabs. TruthLens injects credibility result cards directly into your current webpage for a frictionless browsing experience. • Community Trust Ecosystem: Syncs directly with the TruthLens Web Community Platform. Earn a dynamic Trust Score by submitting claims, voting on evidence, and collaborating with verified campus moderators. --- How to Use TruthLens 1. Install & Authenticate • Add TruthLens to Chrome and pin it to your toolbar for easy access. • Before your first scan, ensure you have an active account. Log in through the TruthLens Web Community Platform to securely sync your session. 2. Select Your Tool • Click the TruthLens icon in your toolbar while browsing any social media feed or article. • To verify an image: Click the "Snip" button, drag your cursor over the specific image or infographic, and let the system extract and analyze the text. • To verify an article/post: Click the "Analyze URL" tab and input the link to generate a comprehensive credibility assessment. 3. Review the Verdict • Wait a few seconds for our asynchronous AI pipeline to process the claim. • A result card will automatically appear on your screen displaying the final verdict, a brief explanation of the AI's reasoning, and links to verified sources. 4. Contribute to the Community • Access your detailed dashboard via the Web Community Platform to track your Trust Score, view official fact-checks from moderators, and vote on pending community evidence. Privacy First: TruthLens respects your digital privacy. The extension does not monitor your background browsing history or private messages. It only processes the specific URLs and image snippets that you actively choose to scan.