Classifying Conspiratorial Narratives At Scale: False Alarms and Erroneous Connections

arXiv:2404.00141v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Online discussions frequently involve conspiracy theories, which can contribute to the proliferation of belief in them. However, not all discussions surrounding conspiracy theories promote them, as some are intended to debunk them. Existing research has relied on simple proxies or focused on a constrained set of signals to identify conspiracy theories, which limits our understanding of conspiratorial discussions across different topics and online communities. This work establishes a general scheme for classifying discussions related to …

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