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Social Media Verification Tool To Sort Out False Info
- Journalism.co.uk, Thursday, February 27, 2014 2:36 PM
A social media "lie detector" is being developed to help journalists verify rumours and other information online. The is an European Union-funded collaboration between an international group of researchers led by the University of Sheffield. The idea for the project had come about following the circulation of rumours within tweets during the London riots in 2011, such as the false claim that animals had been set free from London Zoo.
