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EU project to build lie detector for social media
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/lie-detector-social-media-sheffield-twitter-facebook-1.354715"• New system set to be created to automatically verify online rumours
• The lie detector will be the first of its kind to automatically analyse, in real time, whether a piece of information is true or false
• This will allow journalists, governments, emergency services, health agencies and the private sector to respond more effectively to claims on social media
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Mildly interesting. Or so I think.
