VIBLIO

Problem:

Nowadays, a lot of people are turning to YouTube as a way to find their information and news. However, Youtube is set up primarily to be a social platform, instead of a resource like Google.

Through a simple browser extension, our solution inserts credibility signals, like a third-party description of a channel and number of citations, into the YouTube search results page. Instead of trying to fix misinformation after it has spread with a band-aid, our tool aims to proactively give users the agency to find credible information themselves and weed out the bad apples before watching a video.

Screenshot of prototype

Overview of Viblio

https://youtu.be/6arlulPeIPs

https://github.com/UWSocialComputing/Double-Trouble-Project

The Readme on this repo has instructions on how to download the extension and test on your browser.

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