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 …
Scientific fact-checking: A survey of resources and approaches
The task of fact-checking deals with assessing the veracity of factual claims based on
credible evidence and background knowledge. In particular, scientific fact-checking is the …
credible evidence and background knowledge. In particular, scientific fact-checking is the …
Building for tomorrow: Assessing the temporal persistence of text classifiers
Performance of text classification models tends to drop over time due to changes in data,
which limits the lifetime of a pretrained model. Therefore an ability to predict a model's ability …
which limits the lifetime of a pretrained model. Therefore an ability to predict a model's ability …
Generating label cohesive and well-formed adversarial claims
P Atanasova - Accountable and Explainable Methods for Complex …, 2024 - Springer
Adversarial attacks reveal important vulnerabilities and flaws of trained models. One potent
type of attack are universal adversarial triggers, which are individual n-grams that, when …
type of attack are universal adversarial triggers, which are individual n-grams that, when …
[HTML][HTML] Preventing profiling for ethical fake news detection
A news article's online audience provides useful insights about the article's identity.
However, fake news classifiers using such information risk relying on profiling. In response …
However, fake news classifiers using such information risk relying on profiling. In response …
Claim check-worthiness detection as positive unlabelled learning
D Wright, I Augenstein - arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.02736, 2020 - arxiv.org
As the first step of automatic fact checking, claim check-worthiness detection is a critical
component of fact checking systems. There are multiple lines of research which study this …
component of fact checking systems. There are multiple lines of research which study this …
Automatic fake news detection: Are models learning to reason?
Most fact checking models for automatic fake news detection are based on reasoning: given
a claim with associated evidence, the models aim to estimate the claim veracity based on …
a claim with associated evidence, the models aim to estimate the claim veracity based on …
Improving Health Question Answering with Reliable and Time-Aware Evidence Retrieval
In today's digital world, seeking answers to health questions on the Internet is a common
practice. However, existing question answering (QA) systems often rely on using pre …
practice. However, existing question answering (QA) systems often rely on using pre …
Temporal validity reassessment: commonsense reasoning about information obsoleteness
T Hosokawa, A Jatowt, K Sugiyama - Discover Computing, 2024 - Springer
It is useful for machines to know whether text information remains valid or not for various
applications including text comprehension, story understanding, temporal information …
applications including text comprehension, story understanding, temporal information …
Towards Explainable Fact Checking
I Augenstein - arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.10274, 2021 - arxiv.org
The past decade has seen a substantial rise in the amount of mis-and disinformation online,
from targeted disinformation campaigns to influence politics, to the unintentional spreading …
from targeted disinformation campaigns to influence politics, to the unintentional spreading …