Title

Detecting fake news in social media networks

Source of Publication

Procedia Computer Science

Abstract

© 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Fake news and hoaxes have been there since before the advent of the Internet. The widely accepted definition of Internet fake news is: fictitious articles deliberately fabricated to deceive readers'. Social media and news outlets publish fake news to increase readership or as part of psychological warfare. Ingeneral, the goal is profiting through clickbaits. Clickbaits lure users and entice curiosity with flashy headlines or designs to click links to increase advertisements revenues. This exposition analyzes the prevalence of fake news in light of the advances in communication made possible by the emergence of social networking sites. The purpose of the work is to come up with a solution that can be utilized by users to detect and filter out sites containing false and misleading information. We use simple and carefully selected features of the title and post to accurately identify fake posts. The experimental results show a 99.4% accuracy using logistic classifier.

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

First Page

215

Last Page

222

Publication Date

1-1-2018

DOI

10.1016/j.procs.2018.10.171

Author First name, Last name, Institution

Monther Aldwairi, Zayed University
Ali Alwahedi, Zayed University

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