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World Service,3 mins

The ‘lie-detector test’ for social media

World Update

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Millions of messages on social media are sent every day – but how do you know which ones are telling the truth? Scientists across Europe are developing a system which could do just that. The project’s lead researcher, the University of Sheffield’s Dr Kalina Bontcheva, explains when the system would be most useful.

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