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Can computers spot fake news better than humans?

Could computers do a better job than humans of exposing fake news and holding politicians to account? Tim Harford interviews Mevan Babakar of the fact-checking organisation Fullfact about the software tools she and her team are building to try to automatically verify statistical claims.

First broadcast on More or Less, 26 August 2018.

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