AI RESEARCH

From Veracity to Diffusion: Adressing Operational Challenges in Moving From Fake-News Detection to Information Disorders

arXiv CS.CL

ArXi:2512.02552v2 Announce Type: replace A wide part of research on misinformation has relied lies on fake-news detection, a task framed as the prediction of veracity labels attached to articles or claims. Yet social-science research has repeatedly emphasized that information manipulation goes beyond fabricated content and often relies on amplification dynamics. This theoretical turn has consequences for operationalization in applied social science research.