Your feed has a
bias. Now you can see it.
EchoBuster maps the political and ideological skew of everything you read online, then uses AI to hand you the credible perspectives your algorithm has been hiding.
Algorithms decide what you see. Most people never notice.
Engagement-driven ranking quietly narrows every feed toward what a user already agrees with, which deepens polarization and leaves critical thinking unexercised.
Feeds can settle into a single ideological lane within days of consistent engagement.
Personalization happens silently in the background, with no indicator of what has been filtered out.
Most literacy tools flag false posts after the fact instead of the structure that isolates readers.
Younger users are still forming civic identity, making early bubble formation especially consequential.
Four steps, running quietly in your browser.
EchoBuster pairs a lightweight extension with an AI recommendation engine, so the map builds itself as you read normally.
Read normally
The extension notices the articles and posts you open, nothing more.
AI classifies bias
Each item is tagged by topic, leaning, and source reliability in real time.
Your map builds
A live dashboard shows exactly how skewed your feed is on each topic.
Bubble breaks
Credible, differently-angled sources are recommended to balance the picture.
Pick a topic. Watch your bubble break.
Select a topic to load a sample feed, then break the bubble to see balanced AI recommendations appear.
Your feed exposure
LIVEBalanced recommendations
AIMIL tip: Try lateral reading — open a second source before forming an opinion on a topic.
Paste any article. Get its bias score in seconds.
The scanner reads the page, cross-references it against the source library, and scores its language and framing.
Your bias exposure, tracked over time.
Every session narrows the gap. Here is a sample reader's exposure trend across eight weeks of use.
3 balanced reads found on this topic from center and right-leaning sources.
Right there in your browser, not a separate app.
Click the EchoBuster icon on any article to see its lean and balanced alternatives without leaving the page.
Growing every day.
A live look at community activity across the EchoBuster network.
Track your media literacy score.
Every balanced read and every completed micro-lesson moves your score.
Level: Getting started
Your score reflects how balanced your reading has been across topics, plus every MIL micro-lesson you have completed.
Every recommendation, verified first.
Before a source is ever suggested to a reader, it runs through EchoBuster's credibility check.
Built around four core literacy competencies.
Every interaction in EchoBuster maps to a specific Media and Information Literacy skill, not just a feature.
Access
Surfaces a wider, more representative range of credible sources on topics users already care about.
Evaluation
Every source ships with a transparent leaning tag and a plain-language reason it was recommended.
Critical thinking
Contextual micro-lessons turn each detected bubble into a short, concrete reasoning exercise.
Digital citizenship
Builds a durable habit of balanced consumption that carries over long after the session ends.
From hackathon build to classroom-ready tool.
Working extension prototype, live bias classification, one full topic demo.
Expand source datasets, refine the recommendation engine, pilot with youth testers.
Ship the MIL micro-lesson library and a classroom mode for educators.
Partner with schools and youth organizations for wider, multi-language rollout.