Hoax Detector
Project description:
Fake news and hoaxes are big nuisance these days. With the prevalence of viral mediums like facebook and twitter, they can spread faster than fire. We need tools to detect fake news and prevent it from spreading.
The project aims to help people detect fake news while browsing news websites and articles. It makes use of modern NLP tools to understand what article is about and then look for any related hoaxes from credible sources.
It consists of two components:
- A browser extension which works in background and alerts user when any suspicious content is found
- A web API which accepts a web page URL and do all the processing to detect hoaxes