Publication Type
Conference Paper
Book Title
Workshop on Opinions, Intentions, Freedom of Expression, ..., and Other Human Aspects of Misinformation Online at the 2021 ACM CHI Virtual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publication Date
Publisher Location
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Conference Name
Workshop on Opinions, Intentions, Freedom of Expression, ..., and Other Human Aspects of Misinformation Online at the 2021 ACM CHI Virtual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Conference Location
Yokohama, Japan
Conference Sponsor
ACM
Conference Date
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the dangers of the spread of misinformation obvious but despite much global effort to curbing its spread, fake information about the pandemic keeps proliferating. In this paper, we address the development of automated methods for verification of claims about COVID-19 and discuss the challenges associated with this task. We focus on labeled data collection, limitations of existing models, and difficulties of applying misinformation detection models in practical applications. Our initial analysis indicates label imbalance may be a particular challenge for developing claim verification models and we discuss options for alleviating this issue.
