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COVID-19 fake news diffusion across Latin America
2021
Social Network Analysis and Mining
Fact-checking verifies a multitude of claims and remains a promising solution to fight fake news. The spread of rumors, hoaxes, and conspiracy theories online is evident in times of crisis, when fake news ramped up across platforms, increasing fear and confusion among the population as seen in the COVID-19 pandemic. This article explores fact-checking initiatives in Latin America, using an original Markov-based computational method to cluster topics on tweets and identify their diffusion
doi:10.1007/s13278-021-00753-z
pmid:34025818
pmcid:PMC8132282
fatcat:4bk7377u3ffd3ncciihqdktl6u