Contextual Information for Determining Credibility of Social-Networking Posts

A system associated with an online social network, comprising:

• one or more processors and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to one or more of the processors, the one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising instructions operable when executed by one or more of the processors to cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, from a first device associated with a first user of the online social network, a request to post content from a third-party system on the online social network;
• generating, in response to the request to post, contextual information associated with the content, the contextual information comprising information indicative of the credibility of the content;
• receiving a content request from a second device associated with a second user of the online social network;
• determining that the content from the third-party system is to be presented to the second user in response to the content request;
• and
• sending instructions configured to cause the second device to perform operations, comprising:
• displaying the content with an indicator, the indicator indicating that contextual information is available for the content;
• upon detecting a first interest indicator representing that the content is being viewed on the second device, transforming the indicator into a contextual highlight, the contextual highlight being based on a portion of the contextual information;
• and
• upon detecting a second interest indicator representing user interest in the available contextual information, displaying the contextual information.

One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to cause one or more processors of a system associated with an online social network to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from a first device associated with a first user of the online social network, a request to post content from a third-party system on the online social network;
• generating, in response to the request to post, contextual information associated with the content, the contextual information comprising information indicative of the credibility of the content;
• receiving a content request from a second device associated with a second user of the online social network;
• determining that the content from the third-party system is to be presented to the second user in response to the content request;
• and
• sending instructions configured to cause the second device to perform operations, comprising:
• displaying the content with an indicator, the indicator indicating that contextual information is available for the content;
• upon detecting a first interest indicator representing that the content is being viewed on the second device, transforming the indicator into a contextual highlight, the contextual highlight being based on a portion of the contextual information;
• and
• upon detecting a second interest indicator representing user interest in the available contextual information, displaying the contextual information.