In recent years, a lot of research is being carried out in the field of Named Entity Recognition of Social Media data. It
is now easier for anyone to convey their opinions and information without any kind of authentication, rumours have multiplied
as social media is now one of the commonly used media in the entire world. The fields in which Named Entity Recognition is
used for analysis of data provided from various social media sites, include rumour detection, controversy detection, sentiment
analysis, medical field (such as visualisation of the spread of COVID-19 or for various kinds of dietary concerns), topic detection
and event detection.
