An Approach for Analyzing the Spread of Misinformation through Diffusion Patterns in Social Networks

People have been increasingly relying on searching for information online in recent years, especially during the COVID-19. Misinformation hide behind the vast array of online information. It becomes the looming crisis. The more types of misinformation grow, the more difficult to judge the authenticity of in-formation. Lots of fact check websites have emerged, but still many people engage in the spread of misinformation. In order to know how misinformation spreads on social media, we analyze X posts on PolitiFact that have been determined as true or false. Through the features of posts and paths, we can know about misinformation more.