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| Comments: | 20 pages. 1 figure. 4 tables |
| Subjects: | Computers and Society (cs.CY); Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Machine Learning (cs.LG) |
| Cite as: | arXiv:2604.09635 [cs.CY] |
| (or arXiv:2604.09635v1 [cs.CY] for this version) | |
| https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.09635 arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite |
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| Journal reference: | Leveraging Machine Learning Techniques to Investigate Media and Information Literacy Competence in Tackling Disinformation. Information, 16(11), 929. 2025 |
| Related DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/info16110929
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