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Although many fact-checking systems have been developed in academia and industry, fake news is still proliferating on social media. These systems mostly focus on fact-checking but usually neglect online users who are the main drivers of the…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2020-10-08 Nguyen Vo , Kyumin Lee

We study the problem of finding fake online news. This is an important problem as news of questionable credibility have recently been proliferating in social media at an alarming scale. As this is an understudied problem, especially for…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2019-11-20 Momchil Hardalov , Ivan Koychev , Preslav Nakov

Nowadays, artificial intelligence algorithms are used for targeted and personalized content distribution in the large scale as part of the intense competition for attention in the digital media environment. Unfortunately, targeted…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2018-12-05 Sina Mohseni , Eric Ragan

Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have enabled connection and communication on a large scale. It has revolutionized the rate at which information is shared and enhanced its reach. However, another side of the coin…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-13 Apurva Wani , Isha Joshi , Snehal Khandve , Vedangi Wagh , Raviraj Joshi

Digital information exchange enables quick creation and sharing of information and thus changes existing habits. Social media is becoming the main source of news for end-users replacing traditional media. This also enables the proliferation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-04 Aljaž Zrnec , Marko Poženel , Dejan Lavbič

Social media is interactive, and interaction brings misinformation. With the growing amount of user-generated data, fake news on online platforms has become much frequent since the arrival of social networks. Now and then, an event occurs…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-11-24 Chahat Raj , Priyanka Meel

The threat that online fake news and misinformation pose to democracy, justice, public confidence, and especially to vulnerable populations, has led to a sharp increase in the need for fake news detection and intervention. Whether…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2025-04-30 Zhaoyang Cao , John Nguyen , Reza Zafarani

The proliferation of fake news has emerged as a significant threat to the integrity of information dissemination, particularly on social media platforms. Misinformation can spread quickly due to the ease of creating and disseminating…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-04 Mesay Gemeda Yigezu , Melkamu Abay Mersha , Girma Yohannis Bade , Jugal Kalita , Olga Kolesnikova , Alexander Gelbukh

This paper reviews and summarizes the research results on fact-based fake news from the perspectives of tasks and problems, algorithm strategies, and datasets. First, the paper systematically explains the task definition and core problems…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-04 Yuzhou Yang , Yangming Zhou , Qichao Ying , Zhenxing Qian , Dan Zeng , Liang Liu

Fake news, misinformation, and unverifiable facts on social media platforms propagate disharmony and affect society, especially when dealing with an epidemic like COVID-19. The task of Fake News Detection aims to tackle the effects of such…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-12-14 Mrinal Rawat , Diptesh Kanojia

The generation and spread of fake news within new and online media sources is emerging as a phenomenon of high societal significance. Combating them using data-driven analytics has been attracting much recent scholarly interest. In this…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-08-18 Iknoor Singh , Deepak P , Anoop K

In recent years, with the expansion of the Internet and attractive social media infrastructures, people prefer to follow the news through these media. Despite the many advantages of these media in the news field, the lack of any control and…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-09-13 Ali Jarrahi , Leila Safari

With the recent advancements in social network platform technology, an overwhelming amount of information is spreading rapidly. In this situation, it can become increasingly difficult to discern what information is false or true. If false…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-01-10 Otabek Sattarov , Jaeyoung Choi

Social media anomaly detection is of critical importance to prevent malicious activities such as bullying, terrorist attack planning, and fraud information dissemination. With the recent popularity of social media, new types of anomalous…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-02-19 Rose Yu , Huida Qiu , Zhen Wen , Ching-Yung Lin , Yan Liu

Disinformation through fake news is an ongoing problem in our society and has become easily spread through social media. The most cost and time effective way to filter these large amounts of data is to use a combination of human and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-08-10 Harm de Wet , Vukosi Marivate

With the rapid evolution of social media, fake news has become a significant social problem, which cannot be addressed in a timely manner using manual investigation. This has motivated numerous studies on automating fake news detection.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-02-25 Amila Silva , Ling Luo , Shanika Karunasekera , Christopher Leckie

As the spread of false information on the internet has increased dramatically in recent years, more and more attention is being paid to automated fake news detection. Some fake news detection methods are already quite successful.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-07-19 Camille Koenders , Johannes Filla , Nicolai Schneider , Vinicius Woloszyn

With the explosive growth of online social media, the ancient problem of information disorders interfering with news diffusion has surfaced with a renewed intensity threatening our democracies, public health, and news outlets' credibility.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-01-18 Giancarlo Ruffo , Alfonso Semeraro , Anastasia Giachanou , Paolo Rosso

Social media serves as a primary source of information in the current digital era. Many people consume a vast range of information in a very short span, yet, amidst the stream of genuine information, fake news and rumors continue to spread.…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Sai Keerthana Karnam , Abhirup Kundu , Jashn Arora , Manish Jain , Animesh Mukherjee

Social media can be a double-edged sword for society, either as a convenient channel exchanging ideas or as an unexpected conduit circulating fake news through a large population. While existing studies of fake news focus on theoretical…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-04-17 Zilong Zhao , Jichang Zhao , Yukie Sano , Orr levy , Hideki Takayasu , Misako Takayasu , Daqing Li , Junjie Wu , Shlomo Havlin