In the digital age, figuring out where people stand on political issues is a big deal. It helps in understanding public opinion and spotting fake news or hate speech. A recent study dug into how well computer models can guess political leanings by looking at social media posts, specifically tweets from the 2019 South American Protests. The researchers built a system...
The buzz around ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment has been loud and clear on Twitter. A dive into 5051 tweets from January 2022 showed a split in opinions. Over half of the tweets, 53. 4%, were thumbs up for ivermectin. That's a lot of people thinking it could be a good idea. But not everyone was on board. A smaller group, 11%, were against it. They had their doubts...
Did you know that sneaky fraudsters and bots might have a tough time hiding online? Researchers have discovered a clever way to stay ahead of them, using what's called graph networks. They found that focusing on the details of network nodes was way more effective than using fancy graph embeddings. This strategy catches more bad guys and saves time and resources. How ...