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during the time of US Presidential election, are a few examples. The main purpose of rumor or fake news spreaders is to mislead, create panic and provoke public. The lack of proper
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content filtering mechanisms and difficulty to judge the credibility of information posted by people open the door for the illegal spread of misinformation.
A facsimile of rRumor spread on Twitter in connection with 2000 rupee notes and the Indian National Anthem
The number of people joining and becoming active in social networks and the amount of data exchange through these space are increasing at a fast pace day-by-day. Moreover, every day in connection with daily events, new rumor stories tend to
evolve which is a never-ending process. The identification and labeling of fake content from the huge volume of data flowing through these networks with human intervention is a laborious task. Hence, there is a need to develop novel and effective mechanisms to limit the spread of fake news through these networks and allow users to enjoy the benefits of these networks to the fullest. The process of fake news or rRumor identification progresses through 3 main steps: rumor diffusion analysis, rRumor detection and, finally, rumor intervention. Rumor diffusion analyzes the reasons for their quick spread, paths
through which news is spreading and who are the key members taking part in its fast-spread . Rumor detection helps us identify the fake content propagating through these networks and finally, rumor intervention focuses on
employing methods to counter the spread before it reaches a wider community.
As an initial step, our research, supervised by Dr Sabu M Thampi, Professor at the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (IIITM-K), aimed at rumor diffusion for which we developed a nature-inspired approach based on the forest- fire model through the social network platform, Twitter. There is a general saying that rumors spread very fast like wildfires and inspired by this concept, we proposed a novel approach which maps the spread of rumors in social networks. There are certain factors affecting the ignition and quick spread of fire
In the old days, rumors and gossips mainly spread through word-of-mouth but, in the present times, with the advent of the internet the proliferation, around the globe at an alarming rate, is through social networks including Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram. Social networks serve as an effective medium for communication and faster dissemination of information; with large number of online users and strong person-to- person interaction have made social networks an important platform to easily spread rumors.