We made deceptive robots to see why fake news spreads, and found a weakness
- Written by Carlo Kopp, Lecturer in Computer Science, Monash University
You can help stop the spread of 'fake news' online.Shutterstock/panuwat phimpha
Only a small amount of fake news is needed to disrupt any debate or discussion on an issue, according to research published today in PLOS ONE.
But there is a way to discourage those spreading fake news, and even to wipe it out altogether.
The research is experimental,...
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