Fighting the COVID-19 Infodemic in News Articles and False Publications: The NeoNet Text Classifier, a Supervised Machine Learning Algorithm
The spread of the Coronavirus pandemic has been accompanied by an infodemic. The false information that is embedded in the infodemic affects people’s ability to have access to safety information and follow proper procedures to mitigate the risks. This research aims to target the falsehood part of th...
Main Authors: | Mohammad A. R. Abdeen, Ahmed Abdeen Hamed, Xindong Wu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-08-01
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Series: | Applied Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/16/7265 |
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