SocialTruth project: The fake news detection system [Updated]

SocialTruth project: Everything about the fake news detection system On Thursday, September 30 at 1:00 PM, an extremely interesting live stream is coming to SecNews TV. We will learn everything about the SocialTruth project, a new European project that started in 2019 with the aim of creating a system for analyzing and detecting fake news.

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SecNews TV is pleased to conduct an exclusive interview with Mr. George Koutalieris, Research and Innovation Engineer – Project Management and Exploitation of SocialTruth results and Mr. Nikos Peppes, Research and Project Development Engineer – Software Development and Security Technical Team.

Stay tuned to SecNews TV to watch the interview live!

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What is the SocialTruth Project?

SocialTruth is an interdisciplinary European research and innovation project designed and developed by a consortium of 11 partners, led by the Research University Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (RICCS) of the National Technical University of Athens.

By analyzing and evaluating news in an automated manner and classifying it based on its credibility, SocialTruth seeks to make the dissemination of information online safer and more trustworthy.

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After two years of continuous development and improvement of the system, the first stages of pilot testing were conducted by SocialTruth end users. Specifically, journalists and journalism students, educators and members of consumer institutes, among others, used the system's capabilities in over 700 different tests, which included over 500 cases of online news or articles.

The conclusions from the pilot tests as well as the comments from the end users are already being utilized for the further development and improvement of the system. The development of the system is expected to be completed soon, leading to the final stages of the evaluation next September.

The test results are very encouraging, and they exceed initial expectations. Specifically, the SocialTruth system accurately identified approximately 63% of the news and articles. In fact, in the case of tests involving real news and articles, this percentage approached 90%.

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The pilot tests were conducted using Digital Companion, an add-on that can be installed on popular browsers. This add-on was designed to provide a simple, understandable and enjoyable user experience.

SocialTruth uses cutting-edge technologies, such as blockchain, to ensure the accuracy and credibility of results. In the final stages of the pilot, the system will be tested by an even wider range of end users.

SocialTruth is a project funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program. The originality of the project lies in the effort to create an open, democratic and pluralistic ecosystem with easy access to verification services as well as ensuring scalability and building trust, within the framework of a fully decentralized environment.

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The SocialTruth consortium includes 11 partners from 6 European countries: three widely recognized research organizations (EPISEY – Research University Institute of Communications and Computer Systems from Greece, UTP – University of Science and Technology from Poland and LSBU – London South Bank University), three major technology solution providers from France (Thales, Expert AI and Qwant), two experienced business consulting organizations from Italy (Tecoms and Zanasi & Partners), two news and media organizations from Italy (Adnkronos and De Agostini Scuola) as well as an active consumer organization from Romania (InfoCons).