Fake news detection platform designed on social networks – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news

According to the Mehr news agency, quoting the Research Institute of Communication and Information Technology, Vahid Yazdanian said that awareness, prevention and coping with the unpleasant consequences of content in social networks are essential for today’s societies. It is not possible to fix them, or it will cost a lot of money.

Explaining this issue, he continued: “Sometimes the publication of incorrect information in cyberspace is not considered a special threat, and for example, with the motive of entertainment and humor, incorrect content is produced and published, and the long-term effect Some time Also does not have. But in some cases, the wrong content can be targeted and effective at the national level in order to Disturb social order, security, economy, destruction of natural or legal persons, and the like. In many cases, even fake news in the domestic sphere of one country is designed and published in another country.

Yazdanian by emphasizing that the phenomenon of fake news in social networks from one aspect Different Raised, added countries Different They have different definitions of fake news. Even their legal interpretation is different from fake news.

He pointed out: In this project, while briefly reviewing these issues, methods Based on Artificial intelligence became more focused on detecting suspected fake news and examining a variety of methods. Based on AI, some of which have been implemented or are in progress.

The head of the Communication Research Institute evaluated the results as positive and said: “Good accuracy has been achieved, which includes methods.” Based on Extraction of written features, methods Based on Bag of Words, methods Based on n-gram, methods Based on Deep learning and methods Based on Dissemination pattern on the network.