Fact checking graphical user interface including fact checking icons
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1. A method comprising:
- storing reliability data that indicates, for each source of a plurality of sources, a reliability rating of said each source;
wherein a first source of the plurality of sources has a first reliability rating that indicates a reliability of the first source, and a second source of the plurality of sources has a second reliability rating that indicates a reliability of the second source and that is different than the first reliability rating;
wherein at least one of the first reliability rating or the second reliability rating is based on previous fact checking results;
receiving information to be fact checked;
selecting at least one of the first source or the second source from among the plurality of sources based on the first reliability rating or the second reliability rating, wherein a difference between the first reliability rating and the second reliability rating indicates that one source is more reliable than the other source;
in response to receiving the information to be fact checked, performing a comparison of the information to be fact checked with source information from one or more sources to determine factual accuracy of the information and to generate a fact checking result representative of a factual accuracy of the information, the one or more sources comprising the at least one of the first source or the second source;
causing an icon indicative of the fact checking result to be displayed;
wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.
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Abstract
A fact checking system is able to verify the correctness of information and/or characterize information by comparing the information with one or more sources. The fact checking system automatically monitors, processes, fact checks information and indicates a status of the information. The fact checking system is able to incorporate a graphical user interface with fact checking icons to indicate fact checking results.
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1. A method comprising:
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storing reliability data that indicates, for each source of a plurality of sources, a reliability rating of said each source; wherein a first source of the plurality of sources has a first reliability rating that indicates a reliability of the first source, and a second source of the plurality of sources has a second reliability rating that indicates a reliability of the second source and that is different than the first reliability rating; wherein at least one of the first reliability rating or the second reliability rating is based on previous fact checking results; receiving information to be fact checked; selecting at least one of the first source or the second source from among the plurality of sources based on the first reliability rating or the second reliability rating, wherein a difference between the first reliability rating and the second reliability rating indicates that one source is more reliable than the other source; in response to receiving the information to be fact checked, performing a comparison of the information to be fact checked with source information from one or more sources to determine factual accuracy of the information and to generate a fact checking result representative of a factual accuracy of the information, the one or more sources comprising the at least one of the first source or the second source; causing an icon indicative of the fact checking result to be displayed; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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