---
title: "Know News – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "281 users, rated 4.33 by 6 people. Version 0.11.0, updated 2025-02-06. Requests 6 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bmlfbcipfpdohbhhlkibdiacikbpaofm"
---

# Know News

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 281
- Rating: 4.33 from 6 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-26 22:40 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #43,402 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Social Networking: #1,718 of 7,022

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Dynamic fake news detection

- Extension ID: `bmlfbcipfpdohbhhlkibdiacikbpaofm`
- Developer: [williamb](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ucc4bc72ba129dbbff7cc4923239c5ae0)
- Category: [Lifestyle › Social Networking](https://extensiontracker.com/category/lifestyle/social)
- First published: 2017-08-10
- Last updated: 2025-02-06
- Version: `0.11.0`
- Size: 102 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `mediamonitoringafrica.org`
- Support page: `http://knownewsrealist.org/KnowNews_Privacy_Policy_August2019.pdf`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/know-news/bmlfbcipfpdohbhhlkibdiacikbpaofm>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fbmlfbcipfpdohbhhlkibdiacikbpaofm>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-26 | 281 | 4.33 | 6 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-26.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

**Every website:** it can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.

### Sites

- `<all_urls>`: Every website
- `http://*/`: Every website
- `https://*/`: Every website

### Browser features

- `notifications`: Show notifications
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-26 22:40 UTC; next check around 2026-10-02.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Know News” (bmlfbcipfpdohbhhlkibdiacikbpaofm). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-26. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bmlfbcipfpdohbhhlkibdiacikbpaofm. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_bmlfbcipfpdohbhhlkibdiacikbpaofm,
  title   = {Know News (bmlfbcipfpdohbhhlkibdiacikbpaofm)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-26},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bmlfbcipfpdohbhhlkibdiacikbpaofm},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

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