6 citations · 7 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for
8 papers
City riots fed by transnational and trans-topic web-of-influence
Akshay Verma, Richard Sear, Nicholas J. Restrepo +1
The sudden emergence of large-scale riots in otherwise unconnected cities across the UK in summer 2024 came as a shock for both government officials and citizens. Irrespective of t…
U.S. Election Hardens Hate Universe
Akshay Verma, Richard Sear, Neil F. Johnson
Local or national politics can trigger potentially dangerous hate in someone. But with a third of the world's population eligible to vote in elections in 2024 alone, we lack unders…
Unprecedented reach and rich online journeys drive hate and extremism globally
Richard Sear, Neil F. Johnson
Hate and extremism cannot be controlled globally without understanding how they operate at scale. Both have escalated dramatically during the Israel-Hamas and Ukraine-Russia wars.…
Controlling bad-actor-AI activity at scale across online battlefields
Neil F. Johnson, Richard Sear, Lucia Illari
We show how the looming threat of bad actors using AI/GPT to generate harms across social media, can be addressed at scale by exploiting the intrinsic dynamics of the social media…
Adaptive link dynamics drive online hate networks and their mainstream influence
Minzhang Zheng, Richard Sear, Lucia Illari +2
Online hate is dynamic, adaptive -- and is now surging armed with AI/GPT tools. Its consequences include personal traumas, child sex abuse and violent mass attacks. Overcoming it w…
Mainstreaming of conspiracy theories and misinformation
N. F. Johnson, N. Velasquez, N. Johnson Restrepo +5
Parents - particularly moms - increasingly consult social media for support when taking decisions about their young children, and likely also when advising other family members suc…
Covid-19 infodemic reveals new tipping point epidemiology and a revised formula
N. F. Johnson, N. Velasquez, O. K. Jha +8
Many governments have managed to control their COVID-19 outbreak with a simple message: keep the effective ' number' to prevent widespread contagion and flatten the curve.…
Hidden order in online extremism and its disruption by nudging collective chemistry
N. F. Johnson, N. Velasquez, P. Manrique +5
We show that the eclectic "Boogaloo" extremist movement that is now rising to prominence in the U.S., has a hidden online mathematical order that is identical to ISIS during its ea…