Adoption of auditability as a proposal to identify false information on social networks [Adoção da auditabilidade como proposta para identificar informações falsas em redes sociais]

Abstract

The lack of mechanisms made to check reliability of information on social networks is evidenced by the spread of misinformation and rumors in this kind of system. Given this scenario, the provision of tools to assist users with information auditability on social networks needs an emergencial approach. This article describes a catalog, followed by a guide of features that provide auditability on social networks. The guide contains guidelines for development of funcionalities in order to promote the adoption of auditability and enable users to identify false information and validate content on social networks. © 2016 for this paper by its authors.