Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: In an era marked by the rapid consumption of digital news, the proliferation of propaganda poses significant threats to democratic values and informed decision-making. We propose a novel framework that prioritizes user privacy while assisting in the automatic detection of propaganda in news articles, allowing users to sift through the rhetoric to read the relevant objective news. As a demonstration of this framework, we present Propasafe, a BERT-based browser extension designed to alert users to propagandist tones in news articles. By highlighting instances of propaganda-like language in real-time, Propasafe empowers users to critically engage with news content, promoting objective understanding and informed readership. This tool aims to mitigate the influence of manipulative content while safeguarding user privacy.
Authors: Vivek Sharma, Mohammad Mahdi Shokri, Shweta Jain, Sarah Ita Levitan, Elena Filatova
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4410637116