Fake news, rumor, information pollution in social media and web: A contemporary survey of state-of-the-arts, challenges and opportunities

• Published in: Expert systems with applications Vol. 153; p. 112986
• Main Authors: Meel, Priyanka, Vishwakarma, Dinesh Kumar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2020; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Clickbait; Containment; Decision making; Deep learning; Digital media; Fraudulent Content; Information dissemination; Information Pollution; Machine learning; Online Social Networks; Opinion Spam; Rumour Propagation; Social networks; Taxonomy; Deep learning; Rumour Propagation; Opinion Spam; Clickbait; Fraudulent Content; Machine learning; Information Pollution; Online Social Networks

•A review of fake news, rumour, and information pollution are presented.•A statics of social media users and commercial analytics tools are outlined.•The popular social media platforms are identified and presented in a detailed form.•The state of online fact-checking tools and APIs are recognized an...