New methods exist for identifying cancer misinformation online by building misinformation-detecting algorithms that can identify core linguistic characteristics. These characteristics can include for example, certain hashtags, expressions using absolutes, and specific URLS. Combined with manual labeling, these algorithms can help aid detection efforts.
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