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False information spread via the internet and social media influences public opinion and user activity, while generative models enable fake content to be generated faster and more cheaply than had previously been possible. In the not so…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-04-27 Antonis Maronikolakis , Hinrich Schutze , Mark Stevenson

Although misinformation tends to spread online, it can have serious real-world consequences. In order to develop automated tools to detect and mitigate the impact of misinformation, researchers must leverage algorithms that can adapt to the…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-04-09 Erik J Schlicht

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

Fake news, rumor, incorrect information, and misinformation detection are nowadays crucial issues as these might have serious consequences for our social fabrics. The rate of such information is increasing rapidly due to the availability of…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2018-11-13 Arjun Roy , Kingshuk Basak , Asif Ekbal , Pushpak Bhattacharyya

Social media is becoming a source of news for many people due to its ease and freedom of use. As a result, fake news has been spreading quickly and easily regardless of its credibility, especially in the last decade. Fake news publishers…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-05-09 Ali Bou Nassif , Ashraf Elnagar , Omar Elgendy , Yaman Afadar

News consumption has significantly increased with the growing popularity and use of web-based forums and social media. This sets the stage for misinforming and confusing people. To help reduce the impact of misinformation on users'…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-07-25 Mohammad Hadi Goldani , Reza Safabakhsh , Saeedeh Momtazi

With the rapid development of social media, the wide dissemination of fake news on social media is increasingly threatening both individuals and society. One of the unique challenges for fake news detection on social media is how to detect…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-11-12 Jiajun Zhang , Zhixun Li , Qiang Liu , Shu Wu , Liang Wang

The problem associated with the propagation of fake news continues to grow at an alarming scale. This trend has generated much interest from politics to academia and industry alike. We propose a framework that detects and classifies fake…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2018-07-02 Oluwaseun Ajao , Deepayan Bhowmik , Shahrzad Zargari

The distribution of fake news is not a new but a rapidly growing problem. The shift to news consumption via social media has been one of the drivers for the spread of misleading and deliberately wrong information, as in addition to it of…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-04-06 Philipp Hartl , Udo Kruschwitz

WhatsApp has introduced a novel avenue for smartphone users to engage with and disseminate news stories. The convenience of forming interest-based groups and seamlessly sharing content has rendered WhatsApp susceptible to the exploitation…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-08-30 Julio C. S. Reis , Philipe Melo , Fabiano Belém , Fabricio Murai , Jussara M. Almeida , Fabricio Benevenuto

The rise of social networks as the primary means of communication in almost every country in the world has simultaneously triggered an increase in the amount of fake news circulating online. This fact became particularly evident during the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-05-04 Jonathan Franceschi , Lorenzo Pareschi

Over the past decade it has become evident that intentional disinformation in the political context -- so-called fake news -- is a danger to democracy. However, until now there has been no clear understanding of how to define fake news,…

Applications · Statistics 2021-12-01 Dorje C. Brody , David M. Meier

Fake news is a prevalent problem, particularly in digital media, that undermines trust and cooperation among people. As a variety of global mitigation efforts arise, the understanding of how people consider fake news becomes important,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Gionnieve Lim , Simon T. Perrault

With social media usage growing exponentially in the past few years, fake news has also become extremely prevalent. The detrimental impact of fake news emphasizes the need for research focused on automating the detection of false…

With the growing spread of misinformation online, understanding how true news evolves into fake news has become crucial for early detection and prevention. However, previous research has often assumed fake news inherently exists rather than…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-05-29 Yuhan Liu , Zirui Song , Juntian Zhang , Xiaoqing Zhang , Xiuying Chen , Rui Yan

Fake news and misinformation have been increasingly used to manipulate popular opinion and influence political processes. To better understand fake news, how they are propagated, and how to counter their effect, it is necessary to first…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2019-05-06 Sonia Castelo , Thais Almeida , Anas Elghafari , Aécio Santos , Kien Pham , Eduardo Nakamura , Juliana Freire

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 COVID-19 pandemic has gained worldwide attention and allowed fake news, such as ``COVID-19 is the flu,'' to spread quickly and widely on social media. Combating this coronavirus infodemic demands effective methods to detect fake news.…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-11-22 Xinyi Zhou , Reza Zafarani , Emilio Ferrara

Nowadays, the rapid diffusion of fake news poses a significant problem, as it can spread misinformation and confusion. This paper aims to develop an advanced machine learning solution for detecting fake news articles. Leveraging a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-19 Tanjina Sultana Camelia , Faizur Rahman Fahim , Md. Musfique Anwar

Social networks have become one of the main information channels for human beings due to the immediate and social interactivity they offer, allowing in some cases to publish what each user considers relevant. This has brought with it the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-12-15 Luis Rojas Rubio , Claudio Meneses Villegas