ACCELERATED FACT CHECKING WITH DISTRIBUTED LEDGERS

Systems, methods, and computer media are described for accelerated fact checking using distributed storage platforms (e.g., a blockchain or other distributed ledger) and trusted software providers. A claim for fact checking is received from a user (e.g., organization) of a software application managed by the trusted software provider. User-specific data associated with both the user and the application that is related to the claim can then be accessed (e.g., retrieved from a data store through queries). It can then be determined whether the claim is supported based on the user's own data. If the claim is supported, verification data for the claim can be generated and stored in a distributed storage platform (e.g., blockchain), where the verification data is available for others to use in fact checking.