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West Virginia University Class Trying to Detect Fake News
Students at West Virginia University’s Reed College of Media are working with computer science students and faculty on an artificial intelligence course to try to detect fake news articles.
The university said in a news release that the course includes two projects that focus on using artificial intelligence to spot fake news.
One team is using a system to analyze text and generate a score that represents the likelihood that an article is fake.
Media Innovation Center Creative Director Dana Coester says solving the problem of fake news requires collaboration across media, social, political and technology disciplines.
The teams will demonstrate their projects during the last week of classes.
Marshall to Hold Panel Discussion on Fake News
Marshall University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications is hosting a panel discussion examining fake news.
The symposium is set for Thursday afternoon at the Memorial Student Center on Marshall’s campus in Huntington.
Marshall says in a news release that the panel will be moderated by West Virginia Press Association executive director Don Smith.
The keynote speaker will be Washington, D.C., attorney Kevin Goldberg, who will focus on the First Amendment, the Freedom of Information Act and intellectual property issues.
The symposium is free and open to the public. It will be livestreamed at www.marshall.edu/it/livestream .
Facebook is working with The Associated Press, FactCheck.org and other organizations to curb the spread of fake and misleading news on its influential network.