Problem Statement:

Today social media has replaced traditional sources of Media as major source of Information. However this has led to tremendous increase in spread of Misinformation and Disinformation resulting in difficulty to decipher the real information.

Cost of Misinformation across the globe is estimated to be $78 Bn and leading to 4-5 Crore deaths per year. It also results in other consequences like communal hatred, racial bias, riots etc. Hence its important to curb spread of misinformation.

Solution:

I have tried to ideate an high level solution which can help in detecting misleading information on social media through ML models and Human moderation along with flagging & Nudge systems to curb spread of misinformation.

Also I have tried to consider a community based approach where experts can share their views on certain posts and users can validate the authenticity of post by viewing those opinions and sources of information.

Please refer the PRD for detailed explanation.