Information filtering

An information processing apparatus, comprising processing circuitry configured to:

• obtain shared information that is shared by a user account of an online service;
• obtain a credibility reference rating associated with the user account, the credibility reference rating indicating account credibility of the user account;
• determine whether the shared information satisfies a filtering condition based on the credibility reference rating;
• and
• filter the shared information when the shared information is determined to satisfy the filtering condition.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program executable by a processor to perform:

• obtaining shared information that is shared by a user account of an online service;
• obtaining a credibility reference rating associated with the user account, the credibility reference rating indicating account credibility of the user account;
• determining whether the shared information satisfies a filtering condition based on the credibility reference rating;
• and
• filtering the shared information when the shared information is determined to satisfy the filtering condition.