Background Proliferation of misinformation in digital news environments can harm society in
a number of ways, but its dangers are most acute when citizens believe that false news is …

Combating the spread of fake news remains a difficult problem. For this reason, it is
increasingly urgent to understand the phenomenon of fake news. This review aims to see …

Large language models have abilities in creating high-volume human-like texts and can be
used to generate persuasive misinformation. However, the risks remain under-explored. To …

Fake news is frequently disseminated through social media, which significantly impacts
public perception and individual decision-making. Accurate identification of fake news on …

False rumors on WhatsApp, the world's largest messaging app, have led to mob lynching in
India and other countries. Doctored videos sent over the platform have elicited visceral …

The creation, dissemination, and consumption of disinformation and fabricated content on
social media is a growing concern, especially with the ease of access to such sources, and …

Current societies are based on huge flows of information and knowledge circulating on the
Internet, created not only by traditional means but by all kinds of users becoming producers …

In spite of the attractiveness of fake news stories, most people are reluctant to share them.
Why? Four pre-registered experiments (N= 3,656) suggest that sharing fake news hurt one's …

Many diverse fields across academia are interested in the fake news (FN) phenomenon. A
multidisciplinary literature review can provide researchers with new insights, alternative …

Current literature on fake news is rather abundant and mainly focused on history, variety,
and types, rather than processes. This review draws on current literature to build a working …