We describe the seventh edition of the CheckThat! lab, part of the 2024 Conference and
Labs of the Evaluation Forum (CLEF). Previous editions of CheckThat! focused on the main …

The automatic identification of misleading and persuasive content has emerged as a
significant issue among various stakeholders, including social media platforms …

The proliferation of digital communication has profoundly transformed the landscape of
persuasive discourse. Online platforms have amplified the reach and impact of persuasive …

Health-related misinformation claims often falsely cite a credible biomedical publication as
evidence, which superficially appears to support the false claim. The publication does not …

Propaganda is a form of communication intended to influence the opinions and the mindset
of the public to promote a particular agenda. With the rise of social media, propaganda has …

In this paper we report on the complexity of persuasion technique annotation in the context
of a large multilingual annotation campaign involving 6 languages and approximately 40 …

Framing studies how individuals and societies make sense of the world, by communicating
or representing complex issues through schema of interpretation. The framing of information …

Misinformation continues to pose a substantial societal problem, but the measurement of
misinformation susceptibility has often been done using non-validated tests. Furthermore …

As the disruptive changes in the media economy and the proliferation of alternative news
media outlets, news intent has progressively deviated from ethical standards that serve the …

Propaganda in the digital era is often associated with online news. In this study, we focused
on the use of large language models and their detection of propaganda techniques in the …