The power of propaganda and AI’s ability to fight it

Summary

MBZUAI 2023 graduate Muhammad Umar is researching propaganda detection in low-resource, code-switched languages like Roman Urdu. His master's thesis focuses on detecting propaganda techniques in social media text using deep learning models. Umar aims to submit a paper on his findings to the EMNLP 2023 conference. Why it matters: This research addresses the under-explored area of propaganda detection in low-resource languages, which is crucial for combating misinformation in bilingual communities.