On 29 April 2024, Dr. Victoria Rubin presented a conference keynote entitled “How to Combat the Spread of Mis- and Disinformation?” at Concordia University. TheView More
Category: News Verification
Book on Misinformation & Disinformation Published (Rubin, 2022)
Abstract How do we detect, deter, and prevent the spread of mis- and disinformationwith the human eye and AI? How does theory inform the practice,View More
Book under Contract with Springer Nature Publisher
During my 2020-21 sabbatical, I have been contracted by Springer Nature to write a book, tentatively titled, “Misinformation and Disinformation: Detecting Fakes with the EyeView More
Dr. Rubin’s Interview with Youth Time International Movement
Youth Time International Movement representative, Olivia Hupp, reached out to me for an interview about the Psychology of Misinformation. I gladly agreed to participate. TheView More
Thank You to Those Who Came for a Visit at FIMS, Western
On Saturday, September 14, 2019 FIMS at Western participated first time in the “Doors Open London” event. Many thanks to the community members who cameView More
Disinformation & Misinformation Triangle Published in Journal of Documentation
The Disinformation and misinformation triangle (Rubin, 2019) is a conceptual model for ‘fake news’ epidemic, causal factors and interventions. Author’s Keywords: disinformation, misinformation, deception; Internet,View More
LiT.RL Team Enters a Canada-wide 1 Million Dollar Competition to Identify False Claims
What are we working on now? What’s the next step? With the support and encouragement from the FIMS Dean’s Office, our LiT.RL team has recentlyView More
Call for Study Participants: News Verification Browser Usability
Some light digital work is awaiting you… We are still looking for a few more participants to try out our newly developed AI tool, theView More
LiT.RL NV Browser Passes Peer-Review for Journal of Open Source Code Software (JOSS)
Congratulations to the whole LiT.RL team! Our peer-reviewed JOSS publication is out as of March 9th, 2019! Details: In December 2018 we released the sourceView More
Chen’s Talk on “Real Facts About Fake News”
On Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Yimin Chen will deliver an invited talk at the Paris Branch Public Library. It is entitled “Real Facts About FakeView More