Detection of Fake News in the Classical and Modern Era: A Comparative Approach Specific to Hadith Methodology and Fact-Checking Platforms

• Main Authors: Mustafa Yüceer, Furkan Çakır
• Format: Article
• Language: Arabic
• Published: Erciyes University 2021-06-01
• Series: Medya ve Din Araştırmaları Dergisi
• Subjects: hadith; news; disinformation; verification; confirmation
• Online Access: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/mediad/issue/63219/929893

Due to the need for confirmation of the news in the history of humanity, the questions of “who said” and “what said” have been directed to news and accuracy has been the subject of investigation. As hadiths have a divine aspect, news about the Prophet has been analyzed. Accordingly, attempts were made to fabricate fake news about him. Muhaddithun, by developing practices such as isnad, ilm al-ri jal and jarh-ta’dil to prevent these activities, uncovered those who invent false news and gathered fake reports. In modern era, with the technological developments, fake news has gained speed. Fake news producers, with the advantage of computer-aided applications such as bots and cyborgs have emerged, and disinformation has emerged in economic, social, psychological and especially political area. Nevertheless, the thought of taking a series of preventive measures has led to the establishment of verification/confirmation platforms by civil initiatives. In this article, a relationship is established be tween the methods of the classical hadith methodology and the principles of contemporary verifica tion platforms, and the common points, differences and working principles of both are examined. Ad ditionally, the methodologies of the classical period and the modern period shaped around questions such as “who said” and “what said” are explained with examples.