Online social networks (OSNs) are rapidly growing and have become a huge source of all
kinds of global and local news for millions of users. However, OSNs are a double-edged …

Misinformation such as fake news and rumors is a serious threat for information ecosystems
and public trust. The emergence of large language models (LLMs) has great potential to …

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 …

The advent of the World Wide Web and the rapid adoption of social media platforms (such
as Facebook and Twitter) paved the way for information dissemination that has never been …

Over the recent years, the growth of online social media has greatly facilitated the way
people communicate with each other. Users of online social media share information …

Nowadays, fake news detection, which aims to verify whether a news document is trusted or
fake, has become urgent and important. Most existing methods rely heavily on linguistic and …

In recent times, fake news and misinformation have had a disruptive and adverse impact on
our lives. Given the prominence of microblogging networks as a source of news for most …

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 …

Social media are nowadays one of the main news sources for millions of people around the
globe due to their low cost, easy access and rapid dissemination. This however comes at the …

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 …