The increase of the amount of misinformation spread every day online is a huge threat to the
society. Organizations and researchers are working to contrast this misinformation plague. In …

The rise of online misinformation is posing a threat to the functioning of democratic
processes. The ability to algorithmically spread false information through online social …

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 …

Misinformation threatens modern society by promoting distrust in science, changing
narratives in public health, heightening social polarization, and disrupting democratic …

Identifying successful approaches for reducing the belief and spread of online
misinformation is of great importance. Social media companies currently rely largely on …

Fact-checking is one of the effective solutions in fighting online misinformation. However,
traditional fact-checking is a process requiring scarce expert human resources, and thus …

Recent work has demonstrated the viability of using crowdsourcing as a tool for evaluating
the truthfulness of public statements. Under certain conditions such as:(1) having a balanced …

Due to the increasing amount of information shared online every day, the need for sound
and reliable ways of distinguishing between trustworthy and non-trustworthy information is …

Online rumor detection is crucial for a healthier online environment. Traditional methods
mainly rely on content understanding. However, these contents can be easily adjusted to …

We present an approach for selecting objectively informative and subjectively helpful
annotations to social media posts. We draw on data from on an online environment where …