Automated multilingual detection of Pro-Kremlin propaganda in newspapers and Telegram posts

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2301.10604v1
• Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:25:37 GMT
• Title: Automated multilingual detection of Pro-Kremlin propaganda in newspapers and Telegram posts
• Authors: Veronika Solopova, Oana-Iuliana Popescu, Christoph Benzm\"uller and Tim Landgraf
• Abstract summary: The full-scale conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine generated an unprecedented amount of news articles and social media data. This study analyses how the media affected and mirrored public opinion during the first month of the war using news articles and Telegram news channels in Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian and English. We propose and compare two methods of multilingual automated pro-Kremlin propaganda identification, based on Transformers and linguistic features.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The full-scale conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine generated an unprecedented amount of news articles and social media data reflecting opposing ideologies and narratives. These polarized campaigns have led to mutual accusations of misinformation and fake news, shaping an atmosphere of confusion and mistrust for readers worldwide. This study analyses how the media affected and mirrored public opinion during the first month of the war using news articles and Telegram news channels in Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian and English. We propose and compare two methods of multilingual automated pro-Kremlin propaganda identification, based on Transformers and linguistic features. We analyse the advantages and disadvantages of both methods, their adaptability to new genres and languages, and ethical considerations of their usage for content moderation. With this work, we aim to lay the foundation for further development of moderation tools tailored to the current conflict.

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