Counteracting French Fake News on Climate Change Using Language Models

• Published in: Sustainability Vol. 14; no. 18; p. 11724
• Main Authors: Meddeb, Paul, Ruseti, Stefan, Dascalu, Mihai, Terian, Simina-Maria, Travadel, Sebastien
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2022
• Subjects: Climate change; Climatic changes; Computational linguistics; Control; Datasets; Deception; Language processing; Media coverage; Natural language interfaces; Neural networks; Social aspects; Social networks; Sustainability; France

The unprecedented scale of disinformation on the Internet for more than a decade represents a serious challenge for democratic societies. When this process is focused on a well-established subject such as climate change, it can subvert measures and policies that various governmental bodies have take...