A Survey on COVID-19 Fake News Detection on Twitter

Abstract

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads rapidly, a lot of fake news in social media has accompanied it. During such a time, fake news can lead to people being endangered. This means that the spread of misinformation in social media needs to be contained immediately. This chapter discusses techniques for detecting fake news. Existing research discusses techniques for detection of fake news, including classification, regression, and deep learning. There is little evidence, however, that researchers have approached fake news detection techniques on Twitter about COVID-19. The aim of this chapter is therefore to provide an overview technique for detecting fake news about COVID-19 on Twitter.