DISMISS-FAKE

The rapid rise of generative AI (GenAI) technologies have revolutionized the way content is created and disseminated. As a result, highly convincing human-like malicious content including disinformation, misinformation, and propaganda can now be easily produced and distributed across the web. The diversity of generation models combined with various manipulation strategies applied on different modalities presents significant challenges for fact-checking systems and content moderation. 

To address this issue, we are thrilled to announce the first edition of DISMISS-FAKE, a workshop dedicated to tackling the pervasive challenge of harmful content online, which has been created intentional (disinformation) or unintentional (misinformation), in the era of generative AI. The workshop features specialized tracks on multimodal solutions, investigating narratives, trustworthy AI systems, and policy interventions. By bringing together experts from computer science and law, the workshop offers a comprehensive framework for combating fake content online. The workshop: 

• establishes a platform for addressing fake content online through generative AI and advanced algorithms, 

• focuses on identifying and mitigating fake news and misleading information on news and social media platforms,  

• invites original research papers, resource papers, and demonstration papers, 

• emphasizes trustworthy AI, including fairness, privacy, explainability, and interpretability, 

• explores countermeasures against disinformation and compliance with legal frameworks, 

• promotes ethical development of AI technologies,

• features a full-day event with expert talks, keynote presentations, panel discussions, and paper presentations,

• and is supported by a diverse committee with a global, multidisciplinary approach to addressing disinformation.

The DISMISS-FAKE workshop is co-located with the 18th ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data (WSDM 2025) and will take place on March 14, 2025 in Hannover, Germany.

This interdisciplinary event will feature four keynotes from leading experts in computer science and law to providing deep expertise on the latest developments on misinformation from various fields. More information on the topics of the keynotes can be found here.

The workshop organizers include experts from computer science and law that work at various research institutes across different countries. They have expertise in a broad spectrum of topics pertaining to the detection of disinformation and misinformation.