US Patent 11405349 Viral message detection and control in social media messaging

A method includes: detecting, by a computing device, a copy action involving a social-meta-string (SMS) in a message; determining, by the computing device, a copy count of the SMS is greater than a count threshold; determining, by the computing device, a content score of the message is greater than a content threshold; determining, by the computing device, whether a fact check score of the message is greater than a fact check threshold; in response to the fact check score of the message being greater than the fact check threshold, permitting sending of the message; and in response to the fact check score of the message being less than the fact check threshold, blocking the sending of the message.