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Request for expansion help
Greetings @Piotrus
Hi, I am User:Bookku, On Wikipedia I engage in, finding information and knowledge gap areas in Wikipedia and promoting expansion of related drafts and articles. Came across your recent contribution to the article Fact-checking.
Requesting to expand the same article if you find following journal paper interesting enough for the purpose.
Soprano, Michael; Roitero, Kevin (May 2024). "Cognitive Biases in Fact-Checking and Their Countermeasures: A Review". Information Processing & Management. 61 (3, 103672). doi:10.1016/j.ipm.2024.103672.