VaxPulse: Active Global Vaccine Infodemic Risk Assessment

TL;DR

VaxPulse is an AI-driven social listening platform that monitors vaccine-related misinformation and social bot activity in real-time, aiding global immunisation efforts against infodemics.

Contribution

We developed VaxPulse VIRAL, an innovative AI-powered platform integrating advanced machine learning techniques for real-time vaccine infodemic risk assessment.

Findings

Real-time monitoring of misinformation trends

Detection of social bot activity

Dynamic dashboards for stakeholders

Abstract

Vaccine infodemics, driven by misinformation, disinformation, and inauthentic online behaviours, pose significant threats to global public health. This paper presents our response to this challenge, demonstrating how we developed VaxPulse Vaccine Infodemic Risk Assessment Lifecycle (VIRAL), an AI-powered social listening platform designed to monitor and assess vaccine-related infodemic risks. Leveraging interdisciplinary expertise and international collaborations, VaxPulse VIRAL integrates machine learning methods, including deep learning, active learning, and data augmentation, to provide real-time insights into public sentiments, misinformation trends, and social bot activity. Iterative feedback from domain experts and stakeholders has guided the development of dynamic dashboards that offer tailored, actionable insights to support immunisation programs and address information disorder. Ongoing improvements to VaxPulse will continue through collaboration with our international network and community leaders.