Covid-19 Fake News Detector using Hybrid Convolutional and Bi-LSTM Model

Abstract

Fake news is essentially incorrect and deceiving information presented to the public as news with the motive of tarnishing the reputations of individuals and organizations. In today's world, where we are so closely connected due to the internet, we see a boom in the development of social networking platforms and, thus, the amount of news circulated over the internet. We must keep in mind that fake news circulated on social media and other platforms can cause problems and false alarms in society. In some cases, false information can cause panic and have a dangerous effect on society and the people who believe it to be true. Along with the virus, the Covid-19 pandemic has also brought on distribution and spreading of misinformation. Claims of fake cures, wrong interpretations of government policies, false statistics, etc., bring about a need for a fact-checking system that keeps the circulating news in control. This work examines multiple models and builds an Artificial Intelligence system to detect Covid-19 fake news using a deep neural network. © 2021 IEEE.