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Fact-checking is the process of verifying the factual accuracy of questioned reporting and statements. Fact-checking can be conducted before or after the text or content is published or otherwise disseminated.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fact-checking | is a | process of verifying the factual accuracy of questioned reporting and statements | 0.90 | text |
| PolitiFact | instance of | A 2018 study found that Republicans were more likely to correct their false information on voter fraud if the correction came from Breitbart News rather than a non-partisan neut… | 0.80 | text |
| n-gram encodings | instance of | modeling techniques | 0.80 | text |
| bag of words have served as other linguistic techniques to estimate the legitimacy of a news source | instance of | modeling techniques | 0.80 | text |
| instance of | The spread of fake news via social media platforms | 0.80 | text | |
| instance of | The spread of fake news via social media platforms | 0.80 | text | |
| Instagram presents the opportunity for extremely negative effects on society therefore new fields of research regarding fake news detection on social media is gaining momentum | instance of | The spread of fake news via social media platforms | 0.80 | text |
| providing | instance of | Efforts | 0.80 | text |
| viewing structured accuracy assessments on posts | instance of | Efforts | 0.80 | text |
| Breitbart | instance of | promoting outlets that have shared false information | 0.80 | text |
| The Daily Caller on Facebook's newsfeed | instance of | promoting outlets that have shared false information | 0.80 | text |
| Meta | instance of | many social media platforms | 0.80 | text |
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