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[ PRIVACY Forum ] IBM: Analyzing fake content on Twitter during real
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IBM: Analyzing fake content on Twitter during real world events:
Boston Marathon bombing
http://j.mp/HaNOah (precog.iiitd.edu.in)
"Online social media has emerged as one of the prominent channels for
dissemination of information during real world events. Malicious
content is posted online during events, which can result in damage,
chaos and monetary losses in the real world. We analyzed one such
media i.e. Twitter, for content generated during the event of Boston
Marathon Blasts, that occurred on April, 15th, 2013. A lot of fake
content and malicious proles originated on Twitter network during this
event. The aim of this work is to perform in-depth characterization of
what factors inuenced in malicious content and proles becoming viral.
Our results showed that 29% of the most viral content on Twitter,
during the Boston crisis were rumors and fake content; while 51% was
generic opinions and comments; and rest was true information"
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