705 citations · 870 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for
12 papers
SoK: Machine Learning for Misinformation Detection
Madelyne Xiao, Jonathan Mayer
We examine the disconnect between scholarship and practice in applying machine learning to trust and safety problems, using misinformation detection as a case study. We survey lite…
Account Verification on Social Media: User Perceptions and Paid Enrollment
Madelyne Xiao, Mona Wang, Anunay Kulshrestha +1
We investigate how users perceive social media account verification, how those perceptions compare to platform practices, and what happens when a gap emerges. We use recent changes…
SoK: Content Moderation for End-to-End Encryption
Sarah Scheffler, Jonathan Mayer
Popular messaging applications now enable end-to-end-encryption (E2EE) by default, and E2EE data storage is becoming common. These important advances for security and privacy creat…
Rally and WebScience: A Platform and Toolkit for Browser-Based Research on Technology and Society Problems
Anne Kohlbrenner, Ben Kaiser, Kartikeya Kandula +4
Empirical technology and society research is in a methodological crisis. Problems increasingly involve closed platforms, targeted content, and context-specific behavior. Prevailing…
Self-Censorship Under Law: A Case Study of the Hong Kong National Security Law
Mona Wang, Jonathan Mayer
We study how legislation that restricts speech can induce online self-censorship and alter online discourse, using the recent Hong Kong national security law as a case study. We co…
What Makes a Dark Pattern... Dark? Design Attributes, Normative Considerations, and Measurement Methods
Arunesh Mathur, Jonathan Mayer, Mihir Kshirsagar
There is a rapidly growing literature on dark patterns, user interface designs -- typically related to shopping or privacy -- that researchers deem problematic. Recent work has bee…