Nenno, Sami http://orcid.org/0009-0009-8150-2558
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie (01 IS 20058)
Universität Bremen
Article History
Received: 23 November 2023
Accepted: 26 April 2024
First Online: 13 May 2024
Declarations
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: There are no conflict of interest.
: Claim Detection is a less critical endeavor than automating the actual verification step of fact-checking. Nevertheless, it aims at the automation of important parts of online content moderation. This means that not only technical but also societal aspects have to be considered. Therefore, Claim Detection requires accountability. It is part of our argument that checkworthiness is not transparent, which is a precondition for accountability. Our alternative, news values, is meant to fill this gap. By applying a more nuanced and empirically grounded concept, we hope that it becomes more transparent to explain individual choices and general rules according to which Claim Detection works. Furthermore, as news values are modular, i.e., individual criteria can be applied without the others, we hope that our approach can be customized to different cultural contexts.