---
license: mit
datasets:
- koliskos/fake_news
language:
- en
---
# Model Card for Model ID

Model is used to detect whether a news story is fake or legitimate.



- **Developed by:** koliskos
- **Model type:** Text Classification
- **Language(s) (NLP):** English
- **License:** mit
- **Finetuned from model:** DistilBERT


- **Repository:** koliskos/fine_tuned_fake_news_classifier

## Uses

This model is meant to classify news articles as real or fake. 

## Bias, Risks, and Limitations

This model could potentially assume "fake" to be the default 
prediction for news stories that contain names that are seen 
heavily within fake news articles, ex: a news story about someone 
named Hillary may be labeled fake even if it is real because the 
name Hillary is heavily grounded within the context of Hillary Clinton.


## Model Card Contact

spkolisko "at" wellesley.edu