Presentation for the YES! - Young Economic Summit 2017 on "Checkpoint - Prove the Truth" by the YES! team Werner-Heisenberg-Gymnasium Weinheim. The YES! – Young Economic Summit opens doors and sets a stage for new and creative ideas of the next generation. High school students concern themselves with global problems in the realm of economy, policy, society, and environment. They take on responsibility for the most pressing challenges of today and tomorrow and make their voices heard. Students aim to find innovative solutions in order to create the world the youth of today wants to live in tomorrow.

1. YOUR FUTURE
YOUR IDEAS
A joint project by:

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Checkpoint
prove the truth!

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Lorenz Dewald | Florentin Hollert |
Nina Krebs | Fabian Metschies |
Marc Seiberling | Sebastian Stamm |
Nadine Wehnert | Sarah Weizer | Peter Williams | Christoph
Zuber
Teacher: Tobias Naber
Scientists: Erdsiek | Slivko |
Our YES! - Team

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Fake news is everywhere!
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Step 1 - Gathering input
You can find us anywhere you encounter
fake news!
We are offering our service directly at the
source!
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@checkpoint
#checkpoint
Mention Checkpoint
Chat via Messenger
API
Checkpoint
ALGORITH
M
API = Application Programming Interface
(provided by Facebook and Twitter)
Step 1 - Gathering input

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Step 2 - Using a special translator
„Has North Korea
really fired a
nuclear missile?
@Checkpoint“
„00110101011101000001011101101001100011“
Translated:
var_subject = „North Korea“
var_action = firing_missile(attribute = „nuclear“,
target = unspecified)
var_time = unspecified

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Step 3 - Who can we rely on?
Our own databse,
containing police
reports, speeches
etc.
DEEP LEARNING
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
• Usually reliable
• SpecialistHIGH
• Often lying
• Unknown personLOW
Priority of statements, chosen by
the AI after learning process

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Priority of sources
Ex.: „Did a refugee rob a bank in Freiburg?“
ALGORITH
M
Author: M. Mustermann
Qualification: car mechanic
Reputation: Reliable
Author: Dieter Romann
Qualification: President of
German Federal Police
Reputation: Very reliable
Author: D. Schmitt
Qualification: Member of the
AfD in Sachsen
Reputation: A few incorrect
statements in the past

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Step 4 – Processing the result
ALGORITH
M
> 85 % True
15 – 85 % No clear answer
< 15 % Fake

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Step 5 - Solving the hard ones
Statements
With 15 – 85 %
probability
Manual research by our team
+
Cooperation with Authorities
Insertion into our
Checkpoint Database
Available for the
next request

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Step 6 – Broadcasting our result
Embedded in any website in real time
Using Javascript and HTML5
Shared on
social media
Published in our APP
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Published in our APP

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Checkpoint procedure
Input
• Place requests directly on social media
• Easy and fast – you don‘t lose time using Checkpoint
Process
• Deep Learning ALGORITHM does the research
• Only few people needed
• Unsafe cases are still securely solved by humans
Output
• Our results are published everywhere they are
needed
• Answers do not depend on single people or groups

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Opportunities
+ As a result users are able to create a
critical view based on facts
+ Anti-propaganda tool
+ few people needed to operate
+ fast processing by the algorithm
+ adaptable through deep learning
+ universal (can be used in any case)
+ available everywhere
Challenges
– Some people don’t trust any official
source like Checkpoint (social bubble)
– Insititutions and authorities may not
cooperate right from the start
– A lot of computational work
– Algorithm can be insecure in an early
state of the deep learning
Thoughts about our project

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Our idea is the development of a platform which provides anyone with the
possibility to get news and statements proven by trustworthy sources in
order to build an own opinion based on solid facts.
Vote for Our YES!-Solution!

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Thank you for your attention!
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„Wer die Wahrheit nicht weiß, der ist bloß ein
Dummkopf. Aber wer sie weiß und sie eine Lüge
nennt, der ist ein Verbrecher!“
~Bertolt Brecht
Quelle: https://natune.net/zitate/wahrheit
“Anyone who doesn't know the truth is a fool. But
someone who does know it and calls it a lie is a
criminal!”

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Sources
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CC0 Public Domain:
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[6]Trump
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_July_16_2015_02.jpg
[7]Erdogan https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Erdogan_gesturing_Rabia.jpg
[8]Afd https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Alternative-fuer-Deutschland-Logo-2013.svg/2000px-Alternative-
fuer-Deutschland-Logo-2013.svg.png