FakeSpotter: A content and strategy agnostic Viral Misinformation Detection Tool

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arXiv:2609.19152v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Misinformation detection tools often rely on binary true and false classifications or models trained on historical examples, limiting their usefulness when novel misleading narratives emerge. Here, we present FakeSpotter, a content- and strategy-agnostic tool designed to estimate the viral misinformation risk of textual content by measuring structural fingerprints of misinformation rather than directly adjudicating truthfulness. FakeSpotter operati