Automated curation of credible online health information

Eight out of 10 people use the web to find health information, so online health information for the public must be reliable and trustworthy. The“Infodemic” of misinformation (which includes disinformation), is a term coined by the World Health Organization to show the magnitude of the problem and its ‘contagion’, that makes it difficult for the general population to find reliable information to come to appropriate health decisions. To tackle health misinformation, this project with Factually Health consists in improving and automating (1) website trustworthiness (reliability) analysis and (2) content verification (fact-checking) to provide the general public with credible content at the literacy level for diabetes.

Faculty Supervisor:

Jean Nikiema

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Partner:

Factually Health

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Montréal

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