Fact checking by separation method and system

A method programmed in a non-transitory memory of a device comprising:

• a. automatically analyzing target information;
• b. automatically parsing the target information into phrases, parsing the phrases into words, counting the number of words in each phrase, and comparing each phrase with source information containing only the same number of words as the number of words in the phrase being compared;
• c. parsing the target information into segments and prioritizing the segments, so that a highest priority segment is fact checked first, wherein priority is based on a relatedness of a segment to a current topic being discussed and when the segment was presented, wherein if the segment is not fact checked before a timeout threshold, then the segment is removed from a fact check queue:
• d. automatically fact checking the target information by comparing the target information with the source information to generate a result, wherein comparing includes at least one of:
• i. implementing a first fact check implementation for fact checking the target information using the source information and returning a first fact check result of the first fact check implementation if the first fact check result of the first fact check is above a first confidence threshold;
• ii. implementing a second fact check implementation for fact checking the target information using the source information and returning a second fact check result of the second fact check implementation if the second fact check result of the second fact check is above a second confidence threshold;
• iii. implementing a third fact check implementation for fact checking the target information using the source information and returning a third fact check result of the third fact check implementation if the third fact check result of the third fact check is above a third confidence threshold;
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• c. automatically presenting a status of the target information in real-time based on the comparison of the target information with the source information.

A device comprising:

• a. a non-transitory memory for storing an application for automatically performing the following steps:
• i. analyzing social networking information;
• ii. parsing the social networking information into phrases, parsing the phrases into words, counting the number of words in each phrase, and comparing each phrase with source information containing only the same number of words as the number of words in the phrase being compared;
• iii. fact checking the social networking information by comparing the social networking information with the source information to generate a result, wherein comparing includes:
• (1) searching for an exact match of the social networking information in the source information and returning the exact match search result of the exact match search if the exact match is found;
• (2) otherwise, if the exact match is not found, then utilizing pattern matching for fact checking and returning the result of the pattern matching fact check if a pattern matching result confidence score is above a pattern matching result confidence threshold;
• (3) otherwise, if the pattern matching result confidence score is not above the pattern matching result confidence threshold, then utilizing a natural language search for fact checking and returning the result of the natural language fact check if a natural language result confidence score is above a natural language result confidence threshold;
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• (4) otherwise, returning a negative result value as the result;
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• iv. presenting a status of the social networking information in real-time based on the result of the comparison of the social networking information with the source information;
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• b. a processor for processing the application.

A method programmed in a non-transitory memory of a device comprising:

• a. automatically analyzing target information;
• b. automatically parsing the target information into phrases, parsing the phrases into words, counting the number of words in each phrase, and comparing each phrase with source information containing only the same number of words as the number of words in the phrase being compared;
• c. parsing the target information into segments and prioritizing the segments, so that a highest priority segment is fact checked first, wherein priority is based on a presenter of the target information, wherein if the presenter of the target information has a validity rating below a first threshold, then the segments of the target information from the presenter are prioritized in a highest priority group, and if the presenter of the target information has the validity rating above the first threshold and below a second threshold, then the segments of the target information from the presenter are prioritized in a second highest priority group which has a lower priority than the highest priority group, and if the presenter of the target information has the validity rating above the second threshold, then the segments of the target information from the presenter are prioritized in a third highest priority group which has a lower priority than the second highest priority group;
• d. automatically fact checking the target information by comparing the target information with the source information to generate a result, wherein comparing includes at least one of:
• i. searching for an exact match of the target information in the source information and returning the exact match search result of the exact match search if the exact match is found;
• ii. utilizing pattern matching for fact checking and returning the result of the pattern matching fact check if a pattern matching result confidence score is above a pattern matching result confidence threshold;
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• iii. utilizing a natural language search for fact checking and returning the result of the natural language fact check if a natural language result confidence score is above a natural language result confidence threshold;
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• e. automatically presenting a status of the target information in real-time based on the result of the comparison of the target information with the source information.