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UrduFake@FIRE2021: Shared Track on Fake News Identification in Urdu

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Summary

The UrduFake@FIRE2021 shared task focused on fake news detection in the Urdu language, framed as a binary classification problem. 34 teams registered, with 18 submitting results and 11 providing technical reports, showcasing diverse approaches. The top-performing system utilized the stochastic gradient descent (SGD) algorithm, achieving an F-score of 0.679.

Keywords

Urdu · fake news · classification · SGD · FIRE2021

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