Effective Methods for Combating Fake News: Censorship, Debunking, and Prebunking

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Explore effective methods like prebunking, debunking, and censorship to counter misinformation on social media using epidemic models.
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This paper classifies misinformation countering methods into censorship, debunking, prebunking, and identification. It focuses on optimizing prebunking using epidemic models to deliver factual information before misinformation spreads, minimizing user disruption.