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What our analysis found

Ground News - Bias Checker, used by 11,673 people, is not yet reviewed by Extension Auditor. It comes from a publisher with 3 extensions and was last updated in November 2025.

Ground News - Bias Checker Edge extension security report

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Supported Languages

🇺🇸US English

Extension Info & Metadata

Status

Active

Version

3.2.1

Size

0.50 MB

Rating

3.0/5

Reviews

Users

11,673

Type

Extension

Updated

Nov 6, 2025

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Author: Ground News
Privacy: Privacy Policy
Website: Visit

Extensions

Active

Obsolete

Listed

Unlisted

Users

20,633

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Install growth

User Growth

Showing data from Sep 11, 2023 to Sep 09, 2024

Versions

+0.63%(+71 users)

Compared to 3 months ago

1 version released in this period

Rating Count

Total: 5 ratings

Average Rating

Current: 3.80 / 5.0-0.20

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React Flow

Internal permhash`3b95af2fd4…`
1 malicious

3 other extensions carry this fingerprint; 1 of the cluster are known malicious.

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Permhash (Mandiant)`3fa4ea71dc…`
Too common to be evidence

7,702 other extensions carry this fingerprint, 1,318 of them known malicious. A permission set this common is not evidence on its own; the most installed members are listed for reference.

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Network indicators

44 URLs and 0 IP literals were extracted from this version.

Item	Type	Severity	Description
Contextual Risk Factors	Risk Factor	High	The following context increases the overall risk:• 20% increase: Access to sensitive domains increases potential impact• 10% increase: Early script execution enables pre-emptive content manipulation
tabs	Permission	Medium	This permission enables tab management and monitoring. Rated Medium because it can track open tabs, access tab metadata, and monitor user browsing patterns.
storage	Permission	Medium	This permission allows storing data locally in the browser. Rated Medium because it can persist sensitive user data, track user activities over time, and potentially store malicious payloads.
https://extension.ground.news/*	Host	Medium	Host permission — access limited to this URL pattern.
https://production.checkitt.news/api/*	Host	Medium	Host permission — access limited to this URL pattern.
Access to Sensitive Domains	Risk Factor	Medium	This extension requests access to sensitive domains: https://.facebook.com/, https://.linkedin.com/
Early Content Script Execution	Risk Factor	Medium	This extension runs content scripts at document_start.

Sensitive Domain Access

This extension has access to the following sensitive domains:

https://*.facebook.com/*
https://*.linkedin.com/*

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About this extension

Explore the web and lookup articles you find on Ground News

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Explore the web and lookup articles you find on Ground News Get a second opinion of the news you’re reading. Whenever you come across a news article online, the Ground News Bias Checker shows you which news outlets are reporting on that story so you can compare coverage and make sure you’re seeing the full picture. The Ground News Bias Checker can: 1. Instantly show you how 50,000+ news outlets around the world are reporting on the same story. Easily compare related articles from different publishers to verify information. 2. Give you bias and factuality rating for news sources reporting on a story. See if the story is receiving balanced coverage, or if it's mostly being reported by news sources at the extremes of the political spectrum. 3. Integrate with Twitter, Facebook and Reddit to uncover media bias hidden in your newsfeed. 4. Save interesting articles to read later and automatically generate in-text citations to support your research. Developed by a former NASA engineer, Ground News helps readers think critically about the news they consume by providing context about the source of the information. For more in-depth analysis, try our website and mobile apps. For support or general inquiries, please contact feedback@ground.news

User reviews

2.5 out of 5 · 10 most recent reviews

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I'll give it 5 stars as the actual site is very good but not used the extension yet. Just wanted to add that the version number is the same as in the Chrome store , so the previous review was a bit harsh.

David·1 Sept 2026

The extension doesn't detect articles a lot of the time for me. Otherwise, I really do like the features and Ground News in general.

R·7 Mar 2026

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Version	Size	Verdict	Findings	Permhash
2.10 Latest	0.06 MB	Not scanned	—	3fa4ea71dc11b9374d4f5997fcabd538e6e6db1f0225f2f32e92afe3c699b5ba
3.1	2.24 MB	Not scanned	—	3fa4ea71dc11b9374d4f5997fcabd538e6e6db1f0225f2f32e92afe3c699b5ba
3.1.1	2.24 MB	Not scanned	—	3fa4ea71dc11b9374d4f5997fcabd538e6e6db1f0225f2f32e92afe3c699b5ba
3.2.1	0.50 MB	Not scanned	—	3fa4ea71dc11b9374d4f5997fcabd538e6e6db1f0225f2f32e92afe3c699b5ba

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