Detecting Fake News Through NLP

Fake news has a negative impact on individuals and society, hence the detection of fake news is becoming a bigger field of interest for data scientists. Attempts to leverage artificial intelligence technologies particularly machine/deep learning techniques and natural language processing (NLP) to automatically detect fake news and prevent its viral spread have recently been actively discussed. Large technology companies have begun to take steps to address this trend. For example, Google has adjusted its news rankings to prioritize well-known sites and has banned sites with a history of spreading fake news. Facebook has integrated fact checking organizations into its platform. This SlideShare explores the concept of NLP for detecting fake news in brief.