Core Concepts
Introducing Relevant Evidence Detection in Multimodal Fact-Checking to improve accuracy and performance.
Abstract
The study introduces the RED-DOT framework for Multimodal Fact-Checking, focusing on discerning relevant evidence to support or refute claims. It outperforms existing methods on NewsCLIPings+ and VERITE datasets. The research highlights the importance of filtering and assessing external evidence for improved fact-checking accuracy.
Introduction to Misinformation: Discusses the rise of misinformation in the digital age.
Multimodal Misinformation Detection: Explains the challenges of detecting misinformation using images and text.
Automated Fact-Checking: Explores the need for external evidence in fact-checking processes.
Relevant Evidence Detection: Introduces the RED module to determine the relevance of evidence.
Methodology: Details the process of evidence retrieval, modality fusion, and verdict prediction.
Experimental Results: Showcases the performance of RED-DOT on NewsCLIPings+ and VERITE datasets.
Comparative Study: Compares RED-DOT with existing methods on both datasets.
Qualitative Analysis: Provides insights into the inference process of RED-DOT variants.
Conclusions and Future Directions: Discusses limitations and future research directions.
Stats
"RED-DOT achieves significant improvements over the state-of-the-art on the VERITE benchmark by up to 33.7%."
"RED-DOT surpasses the current state-of-the-art on NewsCLIPings+ by up to 3% without requiring numerous evidence or multiple backbone encoders."
Quotes
"The challenge lies in effectively distinguishing between relevant and irrelevant evidence to assist the overall verdict prediction process."
"Our work represents a significant first step towards providing a novel methodological framework for assessing the relevance of external evidence."