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Conspiracy Brokers: Understanding the Monetization of YouTube Conspiracy Theories
Cameron Ballard, Ian Goldstein, Pulak Mehta +6
Conspiracy theories are increasingly a subject of research interest as society grapples with their rapid growth in areas such as politics or public health. Previous work has establ…
Ethics and Efficacy of Unsolicited Anti-Trafficking SMS Outreach
Rasika Bhalerao, Nora McDonald, Hanna Barakat +3
The sex industry exists on a continuum based on the degree of work autonomy present in labor conditions: a high degree exists on one side of the continuum where independent sex wor…
"I'm a Professor, which isn't usually a dangerous job": Internet-Facilitated Harassment and its Impact on Researchers
Periwinkle Doerfler, Andrea Forte, Emiliano De Cristofaro +3
While the Internet has dramatically increased the exposure that research can receive, it has also facilitated harassment against scholars. To understand the impact that these attac…
The illicit trade of COVID-19 vaccines on the dark web
Alberto Bracci, Matthieu Nadini, Maxwell Aliapoulios +5
Early analyses revealed that dark web marketplaces (DWMs) started offering COVID-19 related products (e.g., masks and COVID-19 tests) as soon as the COVID-19 pandemic started, when…
Understanding Incentivized Mobile App Installs on Google Play Store
Shehroze Farooqi, Álvaro Feal, Tobias Lauinger +3
"Incentivized" advertising platforms allow mobile app developers to acquire new users by directly paying users to install and engage with mobile apps (e.g., create an account, make…
Dark Web Marketplaces and COVID-19: before the vaccine
Alberto Bracci, Matthieu Nadini, Maxwell Aliapoulios +5
The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the demand for goods and services worldwide. The combination of a public health emergency, economic distress, and misinformation-driven panic hav…