Preventing rumor spread with deep learning

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Highlights:

• Using only a claim sentence of a rumor to identify false rumor.

• The proposed model can be used for fact-checking at an early stage.

• The model is evaluated with the rumors collected from Snopes and Politifact.

• Transfer learning is adopted to address the lack of rumor claims in a category.

• The model trained by the rumos in general topics is useful to be transferred.

摘要

•Using only a claim sentence of a rumor to identify false rumor.•The proposed model can be used for fact-checking at an early stage.•The model is evaluated with the rumors collected from Snopes and Politifact.•Transfer learning is adopted to address the lack of rumor claims in a category.•The model trained by the rumos in general topics is useful to be transferred.

论文关键词:Deep learning,Fact-checking,Rumor detection,Transfer learning

论文评审过程:Received 15 April 2021, Revised 31 December 2021, Accepted 16 February 2022, Available online 26 February 2022, Version of Record 2 March 2022.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.116688