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Weighted Accuracy Algorithmic Approach In Counteracting Fake News And Disinformation

Computation and Language 2021-04-02 v2 Social and Information Networks General Economics Economics

Abstract

As the world is becoming more dependent on the internet for information exchange, some overzealous journalists, hackers, bloggers, individuals and organizations tend to abuse the gift of free information environment by polluting it with fake news, disinformation and pretentious content for their own agenda. Hence, there is the need to address the issue of fake news and disinformation with utmost seriousness. This paper proposes a methodology for fake news detection and reporting through a constraint mechanism that utilizes the combined weighted accuracies of four machine learning algorithms.

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@article{arxiv.2008.01535,
  title  = {Weighted Accuracy Algorithmic Approach In Counteracting Fake News And Disinformation},
  author = {Kwadwo Osei Bonsu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.01535},
  year   = {2021}
}