Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Testudo: bad-news blocker
Protect your mental health against ragebait and harmful news
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Hide posts & block sites that publish fake news on Facebook
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Block Facebook▲178Chrome Extension that protects your privacy by blocking FB
2018 · sarimhaq.github.io · its alternatives →
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There has been many recent discoveries (including the leak) about how 16 media companies dominated Google Search results, abusing their status to rank very high on a bunch of garbage they put out. And like that saying goes, I can't change the world, but I can change myself. I don't want to look at their bullshit anymore when I search for food recipes or product reviews. So this extension is my way of protesting. Full write up: https://thesolofoundernewsletter.com/p/secondpage
2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Trusted News▲69Trusted News helps you spot fake or suspicious news.
2018 · trusted-news.com · its alternatives →
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Trusted News▲150This plugin analyses the quality of news articles.
2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Facts, not fear
2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Discover breaking and trending news from around the web
2016 · newsprompt.co · its alternatives →
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Browser extension which exposes media bias as you browse.
2020 · ground.news · its alternatives →
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B.S. Detector▲227Identify fake news sources on Facebook in Chrome
2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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TLDR 2.0 ▲187Bitesized, customizable news via a chrome extension
2015 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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I've been working on and off on a Chrome Extension for Hacker News, the extension focusses on improved usability rather than design. I can almost guarantee that after a day you won't want to go back to regular Hacker News. Give it a try, features include: - Improved readability - Quick inline replies from comments page - Quick profiles with social network info when hovering over usernames - Filtering of stories based on terms and phrases / domain or user - Endless scrolling - Collapsible comment threads - Social sharing for Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Buffer Forks, improvements and comments…
2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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Tune by Google▲196AI-powered Chrome extension that hides toxic comments
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hide spoilers, profanity, politics, distractions by keywords
Nov 2025 · filter-everything-online.com · its alternatives →
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Chrome extension to block images on webpages with a simple click. The extension helps reduce distractions and improve page load times by controlling when images are displayed. - kirill-markin/chrome-auto-image-blocker
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Fight Fake News, Fact Check and Browse With Confidence
2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Do you ever get tired of all the noise on HN? Contribute to mathiasrw/no-noise-hacker-news development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hacker News blocklist extension for Chrome. Contribute to morgante/hn_blocklist development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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UnDistracted▲134Selectively block features of time wasting sites in chrome
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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OnlyHate▲117Filter out toxic positivity from social comments
Jan 2026 · only-hate.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Fact check highlighted text on the internet with AI
2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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