Mozilla announced the departures Thursday in a post on its blog, Distilled. According to the company, sunsetting Pocket and Fakespot will allow Mozilla to "focus [its] efforts on Firefox," the ...

Now, Mozilla is launching its first LLM (large language model) with the arrival of Fakespot Chat, an AI agent that will help consumers as they shop online by answering questions about the product ...

Mozilla announced today that it has acquired Fakespot, a startup that offers a website and browser extension that helps users identify fake or unreliable reviews. The financial terms of the deal ...

Mozilla is shutting down the Fakespot extensions, mobile apps, and websites on July 1, 2025 and the Fakespot Review Checker in Firefox will shut down on June 10, 2025.

Starting July 1, Mozilla says it will no longer support the plug-in Fakespot, which alerted online shoppers to false reviews posted on e-commerce websites like Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy and Target.

In addition to Pocket, Mozilla is also shuttering its Fakespot fake reviews detector, which the company acquired in 2023. The Fakespot-powered Review Checker feature in Firefox will stop working ...

Mozilla has less to say about Fakespot's potentially altered future. "We’re grateful to the communities that made Pocket and Fakespot meaningful," Mozilla's post reads.

Fakespot, a useful service that explains how products you've never heard of could have 12,000 reviews with a 4.6-star average, has been acquired by Firefox-maker Mozilla, and Mozilla plans to ...

Mozilla Introduces AI-Powered Fakespot Chat . Since its inception, Fakespot has prioritized the integration of AI, positioning itself as a reliable companion for consumers seeking informed ...

Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, acquired Fakespot in May 2023. Fakespot is a startup that helps users identify fake reviews on popular online marketplaces such as Amazon, Yelp ...

Mozilla is testing a new built-in “Review Checker” feature for its Firefox browser, powered by Fakespot, that rates how reliable a product listing’s customer reviews are.

Mozilla acquired the tool in 2023, but now says Fakespot "didn’t fit a model [Mozilla] could sustain." Both products are immensely helpful, given the amount of web browsing and online shopping ...