Fact-Checking, Fake News, Propaganda, and Media Bias: Truth Seeking in the Post-Truth Era (2020.emnlp-tutorials)
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| Challenge: | social media has made it easy for everyone to share and spread information online. |
| Approach: | a tutorial will offer an overview of the broad and emerging research area of disinformation . it will focus on the latest developments and research directions . |
| Outcome: | The tutorial will offer an overview of the broad and emerging research area of disinformation . it will focus on the latest developments and research directions . |
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