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Community Notes are Vulnerable to Rater Bias and Manipulation
Bao Tran Truong, Siqi Wu, Alessandro Flammini +2
Social media platforms increasingly rely on crowdsourced moderation systems like Community Notes to combat misinformation at scale. However, these systems face challenges from rate…
Detectability threshold in weighted modular networks
Filippo Radicchi, Filipi N. Silva, Alessandro Flammini +2
We study the necessary condition to detect, by means of spectral modularity optimization, the ground-truth partition in networks generated according to the weighted planted-partiti…
Scale invariance and statistical significance in complex weighted networks
Filipi N. Silva, Sadamori Kojaku, Alessandro Flammini +2
Most networks encountered in nature, society, and technology have weighted edges, representing the strength of the interaction/association between their vertices. Randomizing the s…
Identifying Constructive Conflict in Online Discussions through Controversial yet Toxicity Resilient Posts
Ozgur Can Seckin, Bao Tran Truong, Alessandro Flammini +1
Bridging content that brings together individuals with opposing viewpoints on social media remains elusive, overshadowed by echo chambers and toxic exchanges. We propose that algor…
The Rise of Bluesky
Ozgur Can Seckin, Filipi Nascimento Silva, Bao Tran Truong +5
This study investigates the rapid growth and evolving network structure of Bluesky from August 2023 to February 2025. Through multiple waves of user migrations, the platform has re…
Beyond Interaction Patterns: Assessing Claims of Coordinated Inter-State Information Operations on Twitter/X
Valeria Pantè, David Axelrod, Alessandro Flammini +3
Social media platforms have become key tools for coordinated influence operations, enabling state actors to manipulate public opinion through strategic, collective actions. While p…