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A Predictive Model for Benchmarking the Performance of Algorithms for Fake and Counterfeit News Classification in Global Networks
by
Nureni Ayofe Azeez
Nureni Ayofe Azeez 1
,
Sanjay Misra
2,*
,
Davidson Onyinye Ogaraku
Davidson Onyinye Ogaraku 1
and
Ademola Philip Abidoye
Ademola Philip Abidoye 3
1
Department of Computer Sciences, University of Lagos, Lagos 100213, Nigeria
2
Institute for Energy Technology, 1777 Halden, Norway
3
Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA 30260, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sensors 2024, 24(17), 5817; https://doi.org/10.3390/s24175817 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 25 July 2024
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Revised: 2 September 2024
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Accepted: 3 September 2024
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Published: 7 September 2024
Abstract
The pervasive spread of fake news in online social media has emerged as a critical threat to societal integrity and democratic processes. To address this pressing issue, this research harnesses the power of supervised AI algorithms aimed at classifying fake news with selected algorithms. Algorithms such as Passive Aggressive Classifier, perceptron, and decision stump undergo meticulous refinement for text classification tasks, leveraging 29 models trained on diverse social media datasets. Sensors can be utilized for data collection. Data preprocessing involves rigorous cleansing and feature vector generation using TF-IDF and Count Vectorizers. The models’ efficacy in classifying genuine news from falsified or exaggerated content is evaluated using metrics like accuracy, precision, recall, and more. In order to obtain the best-performing algorithm from each of the datasets, a predictive model was developed, through which SG with 0.681190 performs best in Dataset 1, BernoulliRBM has 0.933789 in Dataset 2, LinearSVC has 0.689180 in Dataset 3, and BernoulliRBM has 0.026346 in Dataset 4. This research illuminates strategies for classifying fake news, offering potential solutions to ensure information integrity and democratic discourse, thus carrying profound implications for academia and real-world applications. This work also suggests the strength of sensors for data collection in IoT environments, big data analytics for smart cities, and sensor applications which contribute to maintaining the integrity of information within urban environments.
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Azeez, N.A.; Misra, S.; Ogaraku, D.O.; Abidoye, A.P.
A Predictive Model for Benchmarking the Performance of Algorithms for Fake and Counterfeit News Classification in Global Networks. Sensors 2024, 24, 5817.
https://doi.org/10.3390/s24175817
AMA Style
Azeez NA, Misra S, Ogaraku DO, Abidoye AP.
A Predictive Model for Benchmarking the Performance of Algorithms for Fake and Counterfeit News Classification in Global Networks. Sensors. 2024; 24(17):5817.
https://doi.org/10.3390/s24175817
Chicago/Turabian Style
Azeez, Nureni Ayofe, Sanjay Misra, Davidson Onyinye Ogaraku, and Ademola Philip Abidoye.
2024. "A Predictive Model for Benchmarking the Performance of Algorithms for Fake and Counterfeit News Classification in Global Networks" Sensors 24, no. 17: 5817.
https://doi.org/10.3390/s24175817
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