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Google has removed an extension for the Chrome browser from its online store. The software contains a crowd-sourced list of Jewish names; during a browsing session, it would detect matching names in Web pages and surround them with three sets of round brackets.
From PCMag:
Google this week removed a Chrome extension that identified the names of prominent Jews on websites with a user-generated list.
The "Coincidence Detector" Chrome plugin reportedly had 2,473 users and a rating of 5 out of 5 stars, according to Mic, which earlier this week published an investigation into the online tactics of white supremacists.
The plugin scanned the text of websites for matches on its frequently-updated list of Jewish names. When it found a match, it encased the name in three sets of parenthesis, an identification format that originated on a right-wing blog called The Right Stuff, according to Mic. Users could add new names to the app's database by posting them on the app's support tab.
A screenshot of the extension's installation page showed that it was last updated on Jan. 16. Its publisher was listed as "altrightmedia," likely a nod to the similarly-named ultraconservative movement in the US.
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(Score: 1) by Soybean on Monday July 04 2016, @06:07PM
There is something weird with the previous comment.
I am unable to moderate it, there is no mod selector associated with it, yet all other comments in this thread have one.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 04 2016, @06:27PM
That means you posted while logged in, but checked "Post Anonymously". (Or possibly someone else from your IP address, not sure how it remembers.)
It is to stop you moderating up your own anonymous posts.
Like this post. I can't mod it informative.
(Score: 2) by Soybean on Monday July 04 2016, @07:46PM
I guess I should have been more direct.
I am not the author of that post. This is a bug. I am calling attention to it.
In fact, I am now able to mod that post up and will do so after posting this.