With the prevalence and increasing impact of misinformation on social media, numerous
studies have explored the characteristics of misinformation. However, we lack a holistic …

Natural hazards have the potential to cause catastrophic damage and significant
socioeconomic loss. The actual damage and loss observed in the recent decades has …

Fact-checking has become increasingly important due to the speed with which both
information and misinformation can spread in the modern media ecosystem. Therefore …

Introduction Rumors and conspiracy theories, can contribute to vaccine hesitancy.
Monitoring online data related to COVID-19 vaccine candidates can track vaccine …

Along with COVID-19 pandemic we are also fighting an 'infodemic'. Fake news and rumors
are rampant on social media. Believing in rumors can cause significant harm. This is further …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, social media has become a home ground for
misinformation. To tackle this infodemic, scientific oversight, as well as a better …

Recently, the use of social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and Sina Weibo has
become an inseparable part of our daily lives. It is considered as a convenient platform for …

False or unverified information spreads just like accurate information on the web, thus
possibly going viral and influencing the public opinion and its decisions. Fake news and …

Policymakers, scholars, and practitioners have all called attention to the issue of
misinformation in the climate change debate. But what is climate change misinformation …

The proliferation of fake news on social media has opened up new directions of research for
timely identification and containment of fake news and mitigation of its widespread impact on …