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Finding Fake News Websites in the Wild
Leandro Araujo, Joao M. M. Couto, Luiz Felipe Nery +4
The battle against the spread of misinformation on the Internet is a daunting task faced by modern society. Fake news content is primarily distributed through digital platforms, wi…
Helping Fact-Checkers Identify Fake News Stories Shared through Images on WhatsApp
Julio C. S. Reis, Philipe Melo, Fabiano Belém +3
WhatsApp has introduced a novel avenue for smartphone users to engage with and disseminate news stories. The convenience of forming interest-based groups and seamlessly sharing con…
YouNICon: YouTube's CommuNIty of Conspiracy Videos
Shaoyi Liaw, Fan Huang, Fabricio Benevenuto +2
Conspiracy theories are widely propagated on social media. Among various social media services, YouTube is one of the most influential sources of news and entertainment. This paper…
Can online attention signals help fact-checkers fact-check?
Manoel Horta Ribeiro, Savvas Zannettou, Oana Goga +2
Recent research suggests that not all fact-checking efforts are equal: when and what is fact-checked plays a pivotal role in effectively correcting misconceptions. In that context,…
On the Globalization of the QAnon Conspiracy Theory Through Telegram
Mohamad Hoseini, Philipe Melo, Fabricio Benevenuto +2
QAnon is a far-right conspiracy theory that became popular and mainstream over the past few years. Worryingly, the QAnon conspiracy theory has implications in the real world, with…
Can WhatsApp Benefit from Debunked Fact-Checked Stories to Reduce Misinformation?
Julio C. S. Reis, Philipe de Freitas Melo, Kiran Garimella +1
WhatsApp was alleged to be widely used to spread misinformation and propaganda during elections in Brazil and India. Due to the private encrypted nature of the messages on WhatsApp…
A Dataset of Fact-Checked Images Shared on WhatsApp During the Brazilian and Indian Elections
Julio C. S. Reis, Philipe de Freitas Melo, Kiran Garimella +3
Recently, messaging applications, such as WhatsApp, have been reportedly abused by misinformation campaigns, especially in Brazil and India. A notable form of abuse in WhatsApp rel…
Can WhatsApp Counter Misinformation by Limiting Message Forwarding?
Philipe de Freitas Melo, Carolina Coimbra Vieira, Kiran Garimella +2
WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app in the world. The closed nature of the app, in addition to the ease of transferring multimedia and sharing information to large-scale gro…
Using Facebook Ads Audiences for Global Lifestyle Disease Surveillance: Promises and Limitations
Matheus Araujo, Yelena Mejova, Ingmar Weber +1
Every day, millions of users reveal their interests on Facebook, which are then monetized via targeted advertisement marketing campaigns. In this paper, we explore the use of demog…
Breaking the News: First Impressions Matter on Online News
Julio Reis, Fabrıcio Benevenuto, Pedro O. S. Vaz de Melo +3
A growing number of people are changing the way they consume news, replacing the traditional physical newspapers and magazines by their virtual online versions or/and weblogs. The…