A survey on automated fact-checking
Fact-checking has become increasingly important due to the speed with which both
information and misinformation can spread in the modern media ecosystem. Therefore …
information and misinformation can spread in the modern media ecosystem. Therefore …
Fighting post-truth using natural language processing: A review and open challenges
Post-truth is a term that describes a distorting phenomenon that aims to manipulate public
opinion and behavior. One of its key engines is the spread of Fake News. Nowadays most …
opinion and behavior. One of its key engines is the spread of Fake News. Nowadays most …
Fact or fiction: Verifying scientific claims
We introduce scientific claim verification, a new task to select abstracts from the research
literature containing evidence that SUPPORTS or REFUTES a given scientific claim, and to …
literature containing evidence that SUPPORTS or REFUTES a given scientific claim, and to …
SemEval-2020 task 11: Detection of propaganda techniques in news articles
We present the results and the main findings of SemEval-2020 Task 11 on Detection of
Propaganda Techniques in News Articles. The task featured two subtasks. Subtask SI is …
Propaganda Techniques in News Articles. The task featured two subtasks. Subtask SI is …
MultiFC: A real-world multi-domain dataset for evidence-based fact checking of claims
We contribute the largest publicly available dataset of naturally occurring factual claims for
the purpose of automatic claim verification. It is collected from 26 fact checking websites in …
the purpose of automatic claim verification. It is collected from 26 fact checking websites in …
Predicting factuality of reporting and bias of news media sources
We present a study on predicting the factuality of reporting and bias of news media. While
previous work has focused on studying the veracity of claims or documents, here we are …
previous work has focused on studying the veracity of claims or documents, here we are …
Fighting the COVID-19 infodemic: Modeling the perspective of journalists, fact-checkers, social media platforms, policy makers, and the society
With the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the political and the medical aspects of
disinformation merged as the problem got elevated to a whole new level to become the first …
disinformation merged as the problem got elevated to a whole new level to become the first …
SemEval-2021 task 6: Detection of persuasion techniques in texts and images
We describe SemEval-2021 task 6 on Detection of Persuasion Techniques in Texts and
Images: the data, the annotation guidelines, the evaluation setup, the results, and the …
Images: the data, the annotation guidelines, the evaluation setup, the results, and the …
The CLEF-2021 CheckThat! lab on detecting check-worthy claims, previously fact-checked claims, and fake news
We describe the fourth edition of the CheckThat! Lab, part of the 2021 Cross-Language
Evaluation Forum (CLEF). The lab evaluates technology supporting various tasks related to …
Evaluation Forum (CLEF). The lab evaluates technology supporting various tasks related to …
Overview of the CLEF–2021 CheckThat! lab on detecting check-worthy claims, previously fact-checked claims, and fake news
We describe the fourth edition of the CheckThat! Lab, part of the 2021 Conference and Labs
of the Evaluation Forum (CLEF). The lab evaluates technology supporting tasks related to …
of the Evaluation Forum (CLEF). The lab evaluates technology supporting tasks related to …