Information credibility on twitter

• DOI: 10.1145/1963405.1963500
• Publication Date: 2011-03-29T12:02:18Z
• Authors: Carlos Castillo; Marcelo Mendoza; Barbara Poblete
• Keywords: Microblogging

We analyze the information credibility of news propagated through Twitter, a popular microblogging service. Previous research has shown that most messages posted on Twitter are truthful, but service is also used to spread misinformation and false rumors, often unintentionally.