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Deepfakes & multimodalDatasets & evaluation MMMMM: A Unified Taxonomy for Investigating the Mechanisms of Multilingual MultiModal MisinformationMultimodal misinformation (images paired with misleading text) is poorly understood compared to text-only fake news, hampered by fragmented taxonomies and the complexity of annotating cross-modal relationships at scale. This work proposes a unified taxonomy of multimodal misinformation mechanisms across six orthogonal axes… Borenstein et al. · arXiv · 2026

Deepfakes & multimodalDetection methods Swin Meets EfficientNet: Lightweight Architectures for GAN-Based Face ForensicsProposes lightweight Swin-Transformer and hybrid EfficientNet-Swin architectures for detecting GAN-generated synthetic faces under computational constraints. The hybrid EfficientNet-B0+Swin model achieves 99% accuracy and 99.44% recall on the 140K Real and Fake Faces dataset, combining convolutional local feature extraction with… Basu et al. · arXiv · 2026

LLMs & generative AIFact-checking & verification Calibrating Small Language Models for Claim Check-Worthiness DetectionClaim check-worthiness detection is computationally expensive when using large language models, but essential for scaling fact-checking pipelines. This paper proposes NN-PPI (Nearest Neighbor Prediction-Powered Inference), a post-hoc calibration technique that improves small LM predictions using a small labeled calibration set and… Amatya et al. · arXiv · 2026

LLMs & generative AIDetection methods Build it, Break it, Repeat: Benchmarking and improving LLM-manipulated disinformation detection in social media postsThis paper presents BiBiR (Build-it-Break-it-Repeat), an iterative adversarial benchmarking framework for evaluating machine-generated text detectors under adversarial conditions relevant to social media. Two new datasets enable fine-tuning detectors and testing adversarial robustness. Thomas et al. · arXiv · 2026

LLMs & generative AIPlatforms, policy & society The GenAI Catch-22: Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Norwegian Newsrooms During the 2025 Parliamentary ElectionA longitudinal qualitative study of four major Norwegian newsrooms (NRK, TV2, VG, Dagbladet) during the 2025 parliamentary election reveals a "GenAI Catch-22": newsrooms need human expertise to oversee generative AI systems and prevent errors, but extensive use of GenAI leads to de-skilling that erodes that very expertise, rendering… Reisjå & Løvtie · arXiv · 2026

Spread & networksPsychology & interventions Modeling Duelling Contagions of True and False Information in the Face of Inherent Individual biasesThis paper proposes CI-SRW, an agent-based co-diffusion model integrating cognitive biases with network dynamics to explain how competing true and false information spread in social media. Using behavioral experiments and simulations, the authors find that manipulative narratives dominate when early spreaders hold them, cognitive biases… Krishna et al. · arXiv · 2026

Spread & networksPlatforms, policy & society Quantifying Political Partisanship for Cross-Platform AnalysesPolitical partisanship measurement in social media typically relies on platform-specific features (follower networks, community structure), making cross-platform comparison difficult. This work proposes a text-based partisanship measurement method grounded in external media bias ratings, and validates it on ~1.3 million posts from… Ameen & Healey · arXiv · 2026

Spread & networksDetection methods Network Information Enhances Unreliable News Domain DetectionContent-based detection of unreliable news is increasingly difficult as low-reliability sources mimic credible journalism. The authors show that network structure—how domains co-occur in social networks—can improve news-domain reliability classification. Kefler et al. · arXiv · 2026

Datasets & evaluationDeepfakes & multimodal From Manipulation to Mistrust: Explaining Diverse Micro-Video Misinformation for Robust Debunking in the WildThe paper introduces WildFakeBench, a benchmark of 10,000+ real-world micro-videos spanning diverse misinformation types (manipulation, bias, AI-generated content, out-of-context) from six social platforms. The authors propose FakeAgent, a multi-agent reasoning framework combining neural networks and large language models, which achieves… Zeng et al. · ACM International Conference · 2026

Deepfakes & multimodalDetection methods Seeing Through Deception: Uncovering Misleading Creator Intent in Multimodal News with Vision-Language ModelsThis paper introduces DECEPTIONDECODED, a benchmark of 12,000 image-caption pairs for evaluating multimodal misinformation detection with focus on creator intent. The authors find that state-of-the-art vision-language models struggle with intent reasoning and rely on superficial cues, motivating a framework for intent-aware multimodal… Wu et al. · ICLR 2026 · 2026

LLMs & generative AIDetection methods Prompt-Induced Linguistic Fingerprints for LLM-Generated Fake News DetectionLLMs can generate convincing fake news, but malicious prompts induce consistent statistical divergences in token-level reconstruction probabilities. The authors propose LIFE (Linguistic Fingerprints Extraction), which identifies key fragments where real and fake news differ most in their probability signature, achieving 93.7% accuracy on… Wang et al. · World Wide Web Conference · 2026

Datasets & evaluationLLMs & generative AI MALicious INTent Dataset and Inoculating LLMs for Enhanced Disinformation DetectionMALINT is the first human-annotated English corpus pairing 1,600 news articles with annotations of both credibility and the malicious intentions behind disinformation. The paper evaluates 12 language models on intent classification and proposes Intent-Based Inoculation (IBI), an intent-augmented reasoning approach that improves zero-shot… Modzelewski et al. · arXiv · 2026

LLMs & generative AIDatasets & evaluation Beyond Speculation: Measuring the Growing Presence of LLM-Generated Texts in Multilingual DisinformationThis empirical study provides the first measurement of LLM-generated content in real-world disinformation datasets. Analyzing the MultiClaim dataset (fact-checked social media posts), the authors document a 99% increase in machine-generated content from 2021 to 2023 (0.93% to 1.85%), correlating with ChatGPT's November 2022 release. Macko et al. · IEEE Computer · 2026

LLMs & generative AIDetection methods Industrialized Deception: The Collateral Effects of LLM-Generated Misinformation on Digital EcosystemsThis paper updates the state of generative AI and misinformation research since 2024, documenting the shift toward industrialized deception through improved LLMs and multimodal systems. The authors present two methodological tools—JudgeGPT (for measuring human perception of AI-generated content) and RogueGPT (for controlled stimulus… Loth et al. · ACM Web Conference 2026 · 2026

Detection methodsDeepfakes & multimodal What's Left Unsaid? Detecting and Correcting Misleading Omissions in Multimodal News PreviewsNews previews (headline + image) on social media can mislead readers through selective omission of critical context present in the full article. This paper introduces MM-MISLEADING, a benchmark of 6,000 multimodal news previews annotated for misleading omissions, and proposes OMGUARD, a framework combining interpretation-aware… Li et al. · arXiv · 2026

Deepfakes & multimodalDetection methods Agentic Mixed-Source Multi-Modal Misinformation Detection with Adaptive Test-Time ScalingVision-language models struggle with mixed-source multi-modal misinformation, where false information combines manipulated images with misleading text or text-image mismatches. This paper proposes AgentM³D, a hierarchical multi-agent framework that decomposes detection into modality-specific agents (textual, visual, cross-modal… Jiang et al. · ACM Conference · 2026

LLMs & generative AIDatasets & evaluation 'Your AI Text is not Mine': Redefining and Evaluating AI-generated Text Detection under Realistic AssumptionsThe paper systematically analyzes the fragmented landscape of AI-generated text detection (AITD) task definitions in the literature and proposes a unified framework distinguishing five core notions with implicit assumptions about what constitutes "AI text." The authors introduce AITDNA, a novel dataset of 350+ texts from real human-AI… Dycke et al. · arXiv · 2026

Spread & networksDetection methods Spectral Analysis of Fake News PropagationThe paper develops a spectral view of fake news propagation by connecting graph spectra with structural properties of propagation trees. The authors derive spectral bounds capturing five key aspects of cascade structure—branching capacity, cascade scale, structural cohesion, propagation span, and diffusion dynamics—and use them as graph… Cai & Zafarani · SIAM · 2026

Deepfakes & multimodalLLMs & generative AI The Paradigm Shift: A Comprehensive Survey on Large Vision Language Models for Multimodal Fake News DetectionThis comprehensive survey systematically reviews the application of Large Vision-Language Models (LVLMs) to multimodal fake news detection (MFND). It proposes a novel three-branch taxonomy categorizing current approaches into parameter-frozen, parameter-tuning, and reasoning paradigms, each addressing different resource constraints and… Ai et al. · arXiv · 2026

LLMs & generative AIDetection methods SINcon: Mitigate LLM-Generated Malicious Message Injection Attack for Rumor DetectionMessage Propagation Tree (MPT) based rumor detection models are vulnerable to LLM-generated malicious message injection attacks that alter tree topology and semantics. The paper proposes SINcon, a contrastive learning defense that regularizes models to assign similar predictive influence to nodes of different importance levels,… Zhang et al. · arXiv · 2025

LLMs & generative AIDetection methods Challenges and Innovations in LLM-Powered Fake News Detection: A Synthesis of Approaches and Future DirectionsThis survey synthesizes recent advances in applying large language models to fake news detection on social media. The review covers four major LLM-based frameworks (MiLk-FD, FND-LLM, DAFND, SheepDog), identifies critical challenges around multimodal integration, adversarial robustness, scalability, and interpretability, and proposes… Yi et al. · arXiv · 2025

Deepfakes & multimodalLLMs & generative AI Debunk and Infer: Multimodal Fake News Detection via Diffusion-Generated Evidence and LLM ReasoningThis paper introduces DIFND, a framework for multimodal fake news detection that generates refuting/authenticating evidence via diffusion models and performs reasoning over multimodal content using large language models (LLMs). The approach uses a chain-of-debunk strategy where multiple MLLMs act as collaborative agents to assess news… Yan et al. · arXiv · 2025

Detection methodsLLMs & generative AI Bridging Thoughts and Words: Graph-Based Intent-Semantic Joint Learning for Fake News DetectionExisting fake news detectors rely on surface-level semantic patterns (emotional language, stylistic cues) and fail when writing styles shift. This paper proposes InSIDE, which combines semantic and intent signals via heterogeneous graphs: intent models the purpose behind an article (e.g., promoting a product), while semantics capture… Wang et al. · CIKM · 2025

Datasets & evaluationDetection methods A Guide to Misinformation Detection Data and EvaluationThis work surveys the largest collection of misinformation detection datasets to date (75 datasets from prior literature) and evaluates dataset quality across multiple dimensions. The authors assess whether datasets enable reliable veracity evaluation by analyzing keyword correlations, temporal correlations, and feasibility of claim… Thibault et al. · KDD '25 — 31st ACM SIGKDD Conference on… · 2025