METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING CHECK WORTHY CLAIMS FOR FACT CHECKING

Methods and systems for automatically selecting a claim for fact checking. In a first stage, a claim can be classified as objective or subjective by an objectivity classifier. If the claim is classified as objective, then in a second stage, the claim is classified as being of public interest or not. If the claim is classified as both objective and of public interest, then the claim can be selected as worthy for fact checking. This approach reduces the workload of automated systems such as data-processing systems, which saves time in performing fact checking operations and results in greater system and network efficiencies.