FakeBERT: Fake news detection in social media with a BERT-based deep learning approach

• Published in: Multimedia tools and applications Vol. 80; no. 8; pp. 11765 - 11788
• Main Authors: Kaliyar, Rohit Kumar, Goswami, Anurag, Narang, Pratik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.03.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Artificial neural networks; Classification; Coders; Computer Communication Networks; Computer Science; Data Structures and Information Theory; Deep learning; Digital media; Machine learning; Model accuracy; Model testing; Multimedia Information Systems; Neural networks; News; Sentences; Social networks; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems; Deep learning; BERT; Neural network; Fake news; Social media

In the modern era of computing, the news ecosystem has transformed from old traditional print media to social media outlets. Social media platforms allow us to consume news much faster, with less restricted editing results in the spread of fake news at an incredible pace and scale. In recent researc...