The status-quo of misinformation moderation is a central authority, usually social platforms, deciding what content constitutes misinformation and how it should be handled. However, to preserve users' autonomy, researchers have explored democratized misinformation moderation. One proposition is to enable users to assess content accuracy and specify whose assessments they trust. We explore how these affordances can be provided on the web, without cooperation from the platforms where users consume content. We present a browser extension that empowers users to assess the accuracy of any content on the web and shows the user assessments from their trusted sources in-situ. Through a two-week user study, we report on how users perceive such a tool, the kind of content users want to assess, and the rationales they use in their assessments. We identify implications for designing tools that enable users to moderate content for themselves with the help of those they trust.

翻译：当前虚假信息审核的现状是由中央权威机构（通常是社交平台）决定哪些内容构成虚假信息及其处理方式。为保障用户自主权，研究者探索了民主化虚假信息审核机制。一种方案是允许用户评估内容准确性并自主选择信任的评估来源。我们探讨如何在无需用户消费内容平台配合的情况下，在网页中实现这类交互功能。本文提出一款浏览器扩展，使用户能对任意网页内容进行准确性评估，并原位展示来自其信任源的评估结果。通过为期两周的用户研究，我们报告了用户对此类工具的认知、希望评估的内容类型及其评估依据。研究揭示了为设计支持用户在可信来源辅助下自主审核内容工具的启示。