Many European citizens become targets of the Kremlin propaganda campaigns, aiming to minimise public support for Ukraine, foster a climate of mistrust and disunity, and shape elections (Meister, 2022). To address this challenge, we developed ''Check News in 1 Click'', the first NLP-empowered pro-Kremlin propaganda detection application available in 7 languages, which provides the lay user with feedback on their news, and explains manipulative linguistic features and keywords. We conducted a user study, analysed user entries and models' behaviour paired with questionnaire answers, and investigated the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed interpretative solution.
@article{arxiv.2401.15717,
title = {Check News in One Click: NLP-Empowered Pro-Kremlin Propaganda Detection},
author = {Veronika Solopova and Viktoriia Herman and Christoph Benzmüller and Tim Landgraf},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.15717},
year = {2024}
}