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Fake news and misinformation are a matter of concern for people around the globe. Users of the internet and social media sites encounter content with false information much frequently. Fake news detection is one of the most analyzed and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-12-03 Chahat Raj , Priyanka Meel

Fake news provokes many societal problems; therefore, there has been extensive research on fake news detection tasks to counter it. Many fake news datasets were constructed as resources to facilitate this task. Contemporary research focuses…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-04-07 Taichi Murayama , Shohei Hisada , Makoto Uehara , Shoko Wakamiya , Eiji Aramaki

Fake news significantly influences decision-making processes by misleading individuals, organizations, and even governments. Large language models (LLMs), as part of generative AI, can amplify this problem by generating highly convincing…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Lionel Z. Wang , Ka Chung Ng , Yiming Ma , Wenqi Fan

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

The proliferation of fake news has had far-reaching implications on politics, the economy, and society at large. While Fake news detection methods have been employed to mitigate this issue, they primarily depend on two essential elements:…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-03-18 Guanghua Li , Wensheng Lu , Wei Zhang , Defu Lian , Kezhong Lu , Rui Mao , Kai Shu , Hao Liao

Given the recent proliferation of disinformation online, there has been also growing research interest in automatically debunking rumors, false claims, and "fake news." A number of fact-checking initiatives have been launched so far, both…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-08-12 Preslav Nakov

People now see social media sites as their sole source of information due to their popularity. The Majority of people get their news through social media. At the same time, fake news has grown exponentially on social media platforms in…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-07-26 Athira A B , S D Madhu Kumar , Anu Mary Chacko

Fake review identification is an important topic and has gained the interest of experts all around the world. Identifying fake reviews is challenging for researchers, and there are several primary challenges to fake review detection. We…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-12-20 Amira Yousif , James Buckley

Fake news threatens democracy and exacerbates the polarization and divisions in society; therefore, accurately detecting online misinformation is the foundation of addressing this issue. We present CrediRAG, the first fake news detection…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-10-29 Ashwin Ram , Yigit Ege Bayiz , Arash Amini , Mustafa Munir , Radu Marculescu

Social media is becoming popular for news consumption due to its fast dissemination, easy access, and low cost. However, it also enables the wide propagation of fake news, i.e., news with intentionally false information. Detecting fake news…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2018-12-11 Kai Shu , Suhang Wang , Huan Liu

The rising growth of fake news and misleading information through online media outlets demands an automatic method for detecting such news articles. Of the few limited works which differentiate between trusted vs other types of news article…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2019-10-29 Vaibhav Vaibhav , Raghuram Mandyam Annasamy , Eduard Hovy

The widespread dissemination of fake news on social media poses significant risks, necessitating timely and accurate detection. However, existing methods struggle with unseen news due to their reliance on training data from past events and…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-03-07 Shuzhi Gong , Richard Sinnott , Jianzhong Qi , Cecile Paris

Over the past decade, fake news and misinformation have turned into a major problem that has impacted different aspects of our lives, including politics and public health. Inspired by natural human behavior, we present an approach that…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-01-04 Zahra Ghadiri , Milad Ranjbar , Fakhteh Ghanbarnejad , Sadegh Raeisi

Making disguise between real and fake news propagation through online social networks is an important issue in many applications. The time gap between the news release time and detection of its label is a significant step towards…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-09-06 Maryam Ramezani , Mina Rafiei , Soroush Omranpour , Hamid R. Rabiee

Micro-blogs and cyber-space social networks are the main communication mediums to receive and share news nowadays. As a side effect, however, the networks can disseminate fake news that harms individuals and the society. Several methods…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-07-30 Pouya Shaeri , Ali Katanforoush

The ease of spreading false information online enables individuals with malicious intent to manipulate public opinion and destabilize social stability. Recently, fake news detection based on evidence retrieval has gained popularity in an…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-05-29 Hao Liao , Jiaohao Peng , Zhanyi Huang , Wei Zhang , Guanghua Li , Kai Shu , Xing Xie

Online media aim for reaching ever bigger audience and for attracting ever longer attention span. This competition creates an environment that rewards sensational, fake, and toxic news. To help limit their spread and impact, we propose and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2019-08-27 Yoan Dinkov , Ivan Koychev , Preslav Nakov

Fake news detection plays a crucial role in protecting social media users and maintaining a healthy news ecosystem. Among existing works, comment-based fake news detection methods are empirically shown as promising because comments could…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-09-23 Qiong Nan , Qiang Sheng , Juan Cao , Beizhe Hu , Danding Wang , Jintao Li

Social media has greatly enabled people to participate in online activities at an unprecedented rate. However, this unrestricted access also exacerbates the spread of misinformation and fake news online which might cause confusion and chaos…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-04-07 Kai Shu , Guoqing Zheng , Yichuan Li , Subhabrata Mukherjee , Ahmed Hassan Awadallah , Scott Ruston , Huan Liu

Over the past decade, we have witnessed the rise of misinformation on the Internet, with online users constantly falling victims of fake news. A multitude of past studies have analyzed fake news diffusion mechanics and detection and…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-03-18 Manolis Chalkiadakis , Alexandros Kornilakis , Panagiotis Papadopoulos , Evangelos P. Markatos , Nicolas Kourtellis