Algorithmic Detection of Fake News

Data Skeptic

• Episode: Algorithmic Detection of Fake News
• Website: Data Skeptic
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• Published: 2018-08-17 17:14

The scale and frequency with which information can be distributed on social media makes the problem of fake news a rapidly metastasizing issue. To do any content filtering or labeling demands an algorithmic solution. In today's episode, Kyle interviews Kai Shu and Mike Tamir about their independent work exploring the use of machine learning to detect fake news.