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fake news

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Knowledge Graphs: Opportunities and Challenges - Springer Nature link.springer.com Springer Apr 3, 2023 2 facts

claimThe prevalence of fake news is a significant problem in the domain of social knowledge graphs (Zhang et al. 2019a).

referenceMeel P and Vishwakarma DK published 'Fake news, rumor, information pollution in social media and web: a contemporary survey of state-of-the-arts, challenges and opportunities' in Expert Systems with Applications in 2020.

Social Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Feb 26, 2001 2 facts

claimJoshua Habgood-Coote critiques the discourse surrounding 'fake news' in his 2019 paper 'Stop talking about fake news!'.

referenceDon Fallis and Kay Mathiesen's 2019 article 'Fake news is counterfeit news' in Inquiry argues that fake news functions as a form of counterfeit information.

Exploring expert figures in alien-related UFO conspiracy theories nature.com Nature Apr 15, 2025 1 fact

claimSuspicions in conspiracy theories may be empowered by other believers spreading fake news about mystical events, and these suspicions often persist even when the government provides official testimonies with rational explanations.

Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Jul 9, 1999 1 fact

claimEmpirical research by Meyer, Alfano, and de Bruin (2021) demonstrates that possessing the epistemic vices of indifference to truth and intellectual rigidity predicts an individual's acceptance of fake news, conspiracy theories, and misinformation regarding COVID-19.

Social Epistemology – Introduction to Philosophy - Rebus Press press.rebus.community William D. Rowley · Rebus Community 1 fact

claimAgnotology examines how propagandists, purveyors of fake news, and other actors exploit communication to intentionally render individuals or groups ignorant of certain truths.

Why organisations must embrace the 'open source' paradigm blogs.lse.ac.uk Aurelie Jean, Guillaume Sibout, Mark Esposito, Terence Tse · LSE Business Review Jan 5, 2024 1 fact

perspectiveThe accelerated propagation of conspiracy theories and fake news on social media creates an urgent need to make recommendation algorithms on platforms such as X, Facebook, TikTok, and ChatGPT publicly available.