A Dataset of Fact-Checked Images Shared on WhatsApp during the Brazilian and Indian Elections

<p>(Dataset paper).&nbsp;In&nbsp;<em>Proceedings of the Int&#39;l AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM&rsquo;20).&nbsp;</em>Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.&nbsp;June 2020.</p> <p>Abstract:&nbsp;Recently, messaging applications, such as WhatsApp, have been reportedly abused by misinformation campaigns, especially in Brazil and India. A notable form of abuse in WhatsApp relies on several manipulated images and memes containing all kinds of fake stories.&nbsp;In this work, we performed an extensive data collection from a large set of WhatsApp publicly accessible groups and &nbsp;fact-checking agency websites. This paper opens a novel dataset to the research community containing fact-checked fake images shared through WhatsApp for two distinct scenarios known for the &nbsp;spread of fake news on the platform: the 2018 Brazilian elections and the 2019 Indian elections.&nbsp;</p>