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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…
Rise of post-pandemic resilience across the distrust ecosystem
Lucia Illari, Nicholas J. Restrepo, Neil F. Johnson
Why is distrust (e.g. of medical expertise) now flourishing online despite the surge in mitigation schemes being implemented? We analyze the changing discourse in the Facebook ecos…
Losing the battle over best-science guidance early in a crisis: Covid-19 and beyond
L. Illari, N. Johnson Restrepo, R. Leahy +3
Ensuring widespread public exposure to best-science guidance is crucial in a crisis, e.g. Covid-19, climate change. Mapping the emitter-receiver dynamics of Covid-19 guidance among…
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…