articleMar 28, 2011Closed access

Information credibility on twitter

CCCarlos CastilloMMMarcelo MendozaBPBárbara Poblete

Yahoo (Spain) · Federico Santa María Technical University · +1 more institution

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Abstract

We analyze the information credibility of news propagated through Twitter, a popular microblogging service. Previous research has shown that most of the messages posted on Twitter are truthful, but the service is also used to spread misinformation and false rumors, often unintentionally.

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  • Credibility
  • Computer science
  • Social media
  • Microblogging
  • Information retrieval
  • Internet privacy
  • World Wide Web
  • Political science
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