5 papers
Leveraging LLMs and Social Media to Understand User Perception of Smartphone-Based Earthquake Early Warnings
Hanjing Wang, S. Mostafa Mousavi, Patrick Robertson +10
Android's Earthquake Alert (AEA) system provided timely early warnings to millions during the Mw 6.2 Marmara Ereglisi, Türkiye earthquake on April 23, 2025. This event, the largest…
Does Ad-Free Mean Less Data Collection? An Empirical Study of Platform Data Practices and User Expectations
Sepehr Mousavi, Abhisek Dash, Savvas Zannettou +1
Online platforms increasingly offer "paid" ad-free subscriptions as an alternative to the traditional "free" ad-based model. The transition to ad-free models ostensibly removes adv…
Setting the Course, but Forgetting to Steer: Analyzing Compliance with GDPR's Right of Access to Data by Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube
Sai Keerthana Karnam, Abhisek Dash, Antariksh Das +6
The GDPR's Right of Access aims to empower users with control over their personal data via Data Download Packages (DDPs). However, their effectiveness is often compromised by incon…
Studying Behavioral Addiction by Combining Surveys and Digital Traces: A Case Study of TikTok
Cai Yang, Sepehr Mousavi, Abhisek Dash +2
Opaque algorithms disseminate and mediate the content that users consume on online social media platforms. This algorithmic mediation serves users with contents of their liking, on…
TikTok and the Art of Personalization: Investigating Exploration and Exploitation on Social Media Feeds
Karan Vombatkere, Sepehr Mousavi, Savvas Zannettou +2
Recommendation algorithms for social media feeds often function as black boxes from the perspective of users. We aim to detect whether social media feed recommendations are persona…