Trust Management of Health Care Information in Social Networks

The reliability of information in health social network sites (HSNs) is an imperative concern since false information can cause tremendous damage to health consumers. To mitigate the damages, we utilize our previous trust framework that captures both human trust level and its uncertainty. We show how our previously presented trust framework can be applied to several security mechanisms in HSNs including filtering information, and increasing the efficiency of advertisement tool. Experiments on real health social networks validate the applicability of our trust framework to intensify the dependability in HSNs.