CATEGORIZATION SYSTEM

A system for the categorization of interlinked information items, the system comprising: a trust flow module which is configured to receive a seed trust list of one or more first information items, the seed trust list associating the one or more first information items with one or more categories; and a trust flow module configured to: associate a respective trust value with each of the one or more categories for the one or more first information items; and iteratively pass at least part of the or each trust value to one or more further information items to generate, for each of the one or more further information items, at least one accumulated trust value associated with a category of the one or more categories, such that the one or more further information items can be categorized based on the at least one accumulated trust value and associated category.