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Kyle (1985) proposes two types of rumors: informed rumors which are based on some private information and uninformed rumors which are not based on any information (i.e. bluffing). Also, prior studies find that when people have credible…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-12-07 Alex Kim , Sangwon Yoon

We address rumor detection by learning to differentiate between the community's response to real and fake claims in microblogs. Existing state-of-the-art models are based on tree models that model conversational trees. However, in social…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-01-30 Ling Min Serena Khoo , Hai Leong Chieu , Zhong Qian , Jing Jiang

The spread of rumors through social media and online social networks can not only disrupt the daily lives of citizens but also result in loss of life and property. A rumor spreads when individuals, who are unable decide the authenticity of…

Physics and Society · Physics 2014-04-29 Bhushan Kotnis , Joy Kuri

The spread of rumors along with breaking events seriously hinders the truth in the era of social media. Previous studies reveal that due to the lack of annotated resources, rumors presented in minority languages are hard to be detected.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-05-29 Hongzhan Lin , Pengyao Yi , Jing Ma , Haiyun Jiang , Ziyang Luo , Shuming Shi , Ruifang Liu

Users of social networks tend to post and share content with little restraint. Hence, rumors and fake news can quickly spread on a huge scale. This may pose a threat to the credibility of social media and can cause serious consequences in…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-09-07 Abderrazek Azri , Cécile Favre , Nouria Harbi , Jérôme Darmont , Camille Noûs

Verifying rumors on social media is critical for mitigating the spread of false information. The stances of conversation replies often provide important cues to determine a rumor's veracity. However, existing models struggle to jointly…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Gibson Nkhata , Uttamasha Anjally Oyshi , Quan Mai , Susan Gauch

The spread of rumors, which are known as unverified statements of uncertain origin, may cause tremendous number of social problems. If it would be possible to identify factors affecting spreading a rumor (such as agents' desires, trust…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2014-10-23 Masoud Amoozgar , Rasoul Ramezanian

As breaking news unfolds people increasingly rely on social media to stay abreast of the latest updates. The use of social media in such situations comes with the caveat that new information being released piecemeal may encourage rumours,…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-04-27 Arkaitz Zubiaga , Maria Liakata , Rob Procter , Geraldine Wong Sak Hoi , Peter Tolmie

The importance of social media in our daily lives has unfortunately led to an increase in the spread of misinformation, political messages and malicious links. One of the most popular ways of carrying out those activities is using automated…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-11-12 Salvador Lopez-Joya , Jose A. Diaz-Garcia , M. Dolores Ruiz , Maria J. Martin-Bautista

The spread of false rumours during emergencies can jeopardise the well-being of citizens as they are monitoring the stream of news from social media to stay abreast of the latest updates. In this paper, we describe the methodology we have…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-04-21 Arkaitz Zubiaga , Maria Liakata , Rob Procter , Kalina Bontcheva , Peter Tolmie

Existing rumor detection strategies typically provide detection labels while ignoring their explanation. Nonetheless, providing pieces of evidence to explain why a suspicious tweet is rumor is essential. As such, a novel model, LOSIRD, was…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-12-28 Jiawen Li , Shiwen Ni , Hung-Yu Kao

Combating fake news needs a variety of defense methods. Although rumor detection and various linguistic analysis techniques are common methods to detect false content in social media, there are other feasible mitigation approaches that…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-04-08 Sina Mohseni , Eric Ragan , Xia Hu

Social media has been developing rapidly in public due to its nature of spreading new information, which leads to rumors being circulated. Meanwhile, detecting rumors from such massive information in social media is becoming an arduous…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-01-20 Tian Bian , Xi Xiao , Tingyang Xu , Peilin Zhao , Wenbing Huang , Yu Rong , Junzhou Huang

Social media platforms such as Twitter have become a breeding ground for unverified information or rumors. These rumors can threaten people's health, endanger the economy, and affect the stability of a country. Many researchers have…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-12-15 Yudianto Sujana , Jiawen Li , Hung-Yu Kao

Recently, online social media has become a primary source for new information and misinformation or rumours. In the absence of an automatic rumour detection system the propagation of rumours has increased manifold leading to serious…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-12-21 Shaswat Patel , Prince Bansal , Preeti Kaur

With the rise of social media, rumor detection has drawn increasing attention. Although numerous methods have been proposed with the development of rumor classification datasets, they focus on identifying whether a post is a rumor, lacking…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-08-18 Bin Ma , Yifei Zhang , Yongjin Xian , Qi Li , Linna Zhou , Gongxun Miao

Social media increasingly disseminates information through mixed image text posts, but rumors often exploit subtle inconsistencies and forged content, making detection based solely on post content difficult. Deep semantic mismatch rumors,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Han Li , Hua Sun

Rumor spreaders are increasingly utilizing multimedia content to attract the attention and trust of news consumers. Though quite a few rumor detection models have exploited the multi-modal data, they seldom consider the inconsistent…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Mengzhu Sun , Xi Zhang , Jianqiang Ma , Sihong Xie , Yazheng Liu , Philip S. Yu

With the development of social media, various rumors can be easily spread on the Internet and such rumors can have serious negative effects on society. Thus, it has become a critical task for social media platforms to deal with suspected…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-03-08 Ran Wang , Kehan Du , Qianhe Chen , Yifei Zhao , Mojie Tang , Hongxi Tao , Shipan Wang , Yiyao Li , Yong Wang

Traditional methods for detecting rumors on social media primarily focus on analyzing textual content, often struggling to capture the complexity of online interactions. Recent research has shifted towards leveraging graph neural networks…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-12-13 Xingyu Peng , Junran Wu , Ruomei Liu , Ke Xu