Early Detection of Fake News Using Multimodal Machine Learning

• Author(s): Isha Pallavi Bara; Dr. Syed Shahid Raza
• Paper ID: 1717327
• Page: 475-481
• Published Date: 07-05-2026
• Published In: Iconic Research And Engineering Journals
• Publisher: IRE Journals
• e-ISSN: 2456-8880
• Volume/Issue: Volume 9 Issue 11 May-2026

Abstract

The rapid growth of social media platforms has significantly increased the spread of fake news, posing serious threats to public trust, democratic processes and social harmony. Traditional fake news detection methods relying solely on textual analysis are often insufficient as modern misinformation is increasingly multimodal, combining text, images, videos and metadata to enhance credibility and emotional impact. This thesis proposes a multimodal machine learning framework for the early detection of fake news by jointly analysing textual, visual and contextual features. By integrating natural language processing techniques with deep visual feature extraction and multimodal fusion strategies the proposed approach aims to improve detection accuracy at early stages of news dissemination. Experimental evaluation on benchmark datasets demonstrates that multimodal models outperform unimodal approaches highlighting the importance of cross modal correlations in identifying deceptive content.

Keywords

Fake News Detection, Multimodal Machine Learning, Social Media Analysis, Deep Learning, Misinformation, Early Detection

Citations

IRE Journals:
Isha Pallavi Bara, Dr. Syed Shahid Raza "Early Detection of Fake News Using Multimodal Machine Learning" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals Volume 9 Issue 11 2026 Page 475-481 https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV9I11-1717327

IEEE:
Isha Pallavi Bara, Dr. Syed Shahid Raza "Early Detection of Fake News Using Multimodal Machine Learning" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, 9(11) https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV9I11-1717327