[kictanet] RESEARCHERS WORKING ON SOCIAL MEDIA 'LIE DETECTOR'

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University researchers are working on a system that could quash rumours spreading on social media by identifying whether information is accurate.Five European universities, led by Sheffield in northern England, are cooperating on a system that could automatically identify whether a rumour originates from a reliable source and can be verified.
"Social networks are rife with lies and deception," the project leaders said in a statement. Such messages can have far-reaching consequences, but there is so much of it that it is impossible to analyse it in real time.
The project is trying to identify four types of information -- speculation, controversy, misinformation, and disinformation -- and model their spread on social networks.
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/m/story.php?articleID=2000105107&story_title=Researchers-working-on-social-media-lie-detector 		 	   		  
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