A Weibo (CHECKED dataset) dataset of 2,104 microblogs with engagement and expert analysis, collected by Yang, Zhou, and Zafarani via Weibo (2020-2021). Each record contains microblog text, images, videos, engagement metrics (comments, reposts, likes), and expert analysis for fake news. The dataset is notable for its first Chinese COVID-19 fake news dataset with expert analysis, anonymized user IDs, and rich social interaction data. Intended for research into fake news detection, misinformation analysis, Chinese NLP, social network analysis, and public health communication.
A ReCOVery (news credibility repository) dataset of 2,029 news articles with reliability labels and social media engagement, collected by Zhou, Mulay, Ferrara, and Zafarani via news websites and Twitter (2020). Each record contains news article title and body, reliability label (1=reliable, 0=unreliable), publisher, political bias, country, author, and social media engagement data. The dataset is notable for its multimodal repository combining news content with social media engagement, designed for COVID-19 news credibility research. Intended for research into fake news detection, credibility assessment, political bias analysis, and multimodal misinformation research.