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Fake news in India: scale, diversity, solution, and opportunities

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Shivangi Singhal,

Rishabh Kaushal,

Rajiv Ratn Shah,

Ponnurangam KumaraguruAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 65, Issue 11

Pages 80 - 81

https://doi.org/10.1145/3550493

Published: 20 October 2022 Publication History

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Fake news in India: scale, diversity, solution, and opportunities
1. General and reference
  1. Cross-computing tools and techniques
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing industry
    2. Computing profession
  2. User characteristics
    1. Cultural characteristics
    2. Geographic characteristics

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November 2022

130 pages

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DOI:10.1145/3569027

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