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QF’s AI project helps detect ‘disinformation’  24 May 2021 - 8:18 Preslav Nakov, a computer scientist at the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) a member of Qatar Foundation By Fazeena Saleem | The Peninsula Doha: At present the World Health Organization’s main concern is fighting the pandemic, but then its secondary concern is fighting disinformation. It has raised concern over an ‘infodemic’ - information including false or misleading information in digital and physical environments during a disease outbreak.    The first step to stop fake news and propaganda is to ve...

Machine-learning project takes aim at disinformation There’s nothing new about conspiracy theories, disinformation, and untruths in politics. What is new is how quickly malicious actors can spread disinformation when the world is tightly connected across social networks and internet news sites. We can give up on the problem and rely on the platforms themselves to fact-check stories or posts and screen out disinformation—or we can build new tools to help people identify disinformation as soon as it crosses their screens. Preslav Nakov is a computer scientist at the Qatar Computing Researc...