Fakenewsnet
FakeNewsNet is a comprehensive fake news benchmark providing full news articles, social context from Twitter, and ground truth labels from fact-checking sites.
## What Is FakeNewsNet?
- Components: News content + social engagement + user profiles
- Sources: PolitiFact and GossipCop fact-checks
- Size: 23,000+ articles with Twitter propagation data
- Research Focus: Multi-modal fake news detection
## Why FakeNewsNet Matters
Fake news detection requires more than text analysis—propagation patterns, user credibility, and engagement signals provide crucial signals.
Detection Approaches Using FakeNewsNet:
| Approach | Features | F1 Score |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Text only | Article content | ~70% |
| Social only | Propagation patterns | ~75% |
| Multi-modal | Text + social + user | ~85% |