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