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Alex Stewart

@alexanderjstewart.bsky.social

Associate Professor, Indiana University Bloomington Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research (CNetS) Formerly: St Andrews/Houston/UCL/Penn

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Mapping the online manipulation economy A market perspective on digital manipulation may help improve online trust and safety

New paper out in @science.org! We unveil the online manipulation market with the Cambridge Online Trust & Safety Index (COTSI). We show in real time the cost of purchasing fake accounts across every social platform around the world - so they can be held accountable

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

11.12.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Even though our website is down, registration for our next OSoMe Awesome Speaker is open!

πŸ“… Dec 3 @ 12pm ET
🎀 James Evans (UChicago)
πŸ“– Information Laundering: How Misinformation Gets Cleaned and Dirty Across Digital and Policy Ecosystems

Register directly through Zoom: iu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

01.12.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Collective moderation of hate, toxicity, and extremity in online discussions Abstract. In the digital age, hate speech poses a threat to the functioning of social media platforms as spaces for public discourse. Top-down approaches t

Collective moderation of hate, toxicity, and extremity in online discussions url: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

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