Sometimes it can be hard to tell the real news from the fake news.
But language researchers are building tools that can detect deception online. And they’re working on detecting satire. Can their system spot the fakes better than you can?
Daniel, Ben, and Kylie are getting real on this episode of Talk the Talk.
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Show notes
The Lie Detector
https://slideblast.com/the-lie-detector-explorations-in-the-automatic-recognition-of-_5979de8d1723dda5619e8cf1.html
Gender neutral version of French sparks backlash
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/gender-neutral-version-french-language-backlash-gibberish-a7987896.html
Separating fact from fiction using a ‘fake news’ algorithm
https://phys.org/news/2017-02-fact-fiction-fake-news-algorithm.html
Rubin: On Deception and Deception Detection: Content Analysis of Computer-Mediated Stated Beliefs (PDF, paywall)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1002/meet.14504701124/asset/14504701124_ftp.pdf
Satire Detector
http://satiredetector.fims.uwo.ca/cgi-bin/pipeline.cgi
Literally Unbelievable
http://literallyunbelievable.org
Apple Unveils Sleek New Tax Haven
http://www.theshovel.com.au/2015/04/09/apple-unveils-sleek-new-tax-haven/
Rubin et al.: Fake News or Truth? Using Satirical Cues to Detect Potentially Misleading News (PDF)
http://www.aclweb.org/anthology/W16-0802
What is the #MeToo campaign?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-16/what-is-the-metoo-campaign/9055926
After More Than 500K Women Tweeted #MeToo, Men Are Responding With 4 Words
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/how-i-will-change-men-sexual-assault/
Guys, it’s our turn.
After yesterday’s endless #MeToo stories of women being abused, assaulted and harassed, today we say #HowIWillChange.
— Benjamin Law 🌈 (@mrbenjaminlaw) 16 October 2017
I’m Ready to Say ‘Me Too’—Now Men Need to Say ‘I’m Sorry’
https://www.glamour.com/story/im-ready-to-say-me-too-now-men-need-to-say-im-sorry
An activist, a little girl and the heartbreaking origin of ‘Me too’
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/17/us/me-too-tarana-burke-origin-trnd/index.html
Rochester Launches New Inquiry Into Harassment Accusations
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/20/nyregion/rochester-professor-florian-jaeger-sexual-harassment.html?_r=0
Professor accused of sexual harassment plunges university into scandal
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/professor-accused-of-sexual-harassment-plunges-university-into-scandal/news-story/3b58cb65bff81c74b729759171f0b306
Scientists to begin sending messages to aliens, despite warnings that it could trigger Earth’s destruction
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/alien-messages-meti-stephen-hawking-messaging-extraterrestrial-intelligence-a7497741.html
Wikipedia: Arecibo message
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_message
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