Close proximity personhood authentication and personalized search engine with a social network

A system for close proximity personhood authentication within a social network comprising a plurality of authenticated social profiles, wherein the system comprises:

• a first social profile associated with a first person, wherein the first social profile has not been authenticated;
• a second social profile associated with a second person, wherein the second social profile has been authenticated;
• one or more processors configurable to execute instructions stored in non-transitory computer readable storage media, wherein the instructions comprise:
• receiving a request to authenticate the first social profile;
• receiving first location data associated with the first person and second location data associated with a second person;
• determining the first person is in close geographic proximity to the second person based on the first location data and the second location data;
• receiving an indication from the second person authenticating the first person and authenticating accuracy of at least one datapoint in the first social profile.

Non-transitory computer readable storage media storing instructions to be executed by one or more processors, wherein the instructions comprise:

• receiving a request to authenticate a social profile of a first person;
• receiving first location data associated with the first person and second location data associated with a second person;
• determining the first person is in close geographic proximity to the second person based on the first location data and the second location data;
• receiving an indication from the second person authenticating the first person and authenticating accuracy of at least one datapoint in the social profile of the first person.