Cancer-related discussions on social media provide an important space for information exchange and peer support, but also facilitate the spread of misinformation that may influence prevention, screening, and treatment decisions. Existing research on cancer misinformation often relies on narrow definitions, small-scale datasets, or binary labeling frameworks.
The rapid spread of false and misleading health information through digital platforms has become a major public health challenge, particularly during infectious disease outbreaks where delayed verification can influence public behaviour and hinder effective disease control. Although recent advances in automated health misinformation detection have shown encouraging results, most existing approaches rely heavily on global biomedical resources and often fail to capture the local context needed to verify claims in developing countries.
arXiv:2510. 18908v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Social media platforms such as Twitter (now X) provide rich data for analyzing public discourse, especially during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Wangjiaxuan Xin, Shuhua Yin, Shi Chen, Yaorong Ge
arXiv:2606. 08376v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: As artificial intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly deployed across socially consequential domains, reports of AI-related harms and failures have grown in frequency and diversity.
By Leihan Zhang, Wecheng Ye, Xianlong Ma, Haochuan Liu, Yang Li, Qianyu Zhang, Jinliang Chen, Qiang Yan
arXiv:2607. 12336v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, while serving as a foundational enabler for modern social media and digital health services, exert a bivalent effect by simultaneously acting as a combatant against and a spread vector for misinformation.
By Farnaz Farid, Raihan Alam, Al Al-Areqi, Farhad Ahamed, Muhammad Hassan Khan, Sadia Hossain, Irena Veljanova, Anika Tabassum Binte Hossain
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By Jakub Rymarski (University of Warsaw, Poland), Adam Rempa{\l}a (University of Warsaw, Poland), Bart{\l}omiej Sobieski (University of Warsaw, Poland), Przemys{\l}aw Biecek (University of Warsaw, Poland)