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When Transparency Falls Short: Auditing Platform Moderation During a High-Stakes Election
Benedetta Tessa, Gautam Kishore Shahi, Amaury Trujillo +1
During major political events, social media platforms encounter increased systemic risks. However, it is still unclear if and how they adjust their moderation practices in response…
The Big Ban Theory: A Pre- and Post-Intervention Dataset of Online Content Moderation Actions
Aldo Cerulli, Lorenzo Cima, Benedetta Tessa +2
Online platforms rely on moderation interventions to curb harmful behavior such as hate speech, toxicity, and the spread of mis- and disinformation. Yet research on the effects and…
Misinformation and Polarization around COVID-19 vaccines in France, Germany, and Italy
Gianluca Nogara, Francesco Pierri, Stefano Cresci +2
The kick-off of vaccination campaigns in Europe, starting in late December 2020, has been followed by the online spread of controversies and conspiracies surrounding vaccine validi…
Toxic Bias: Perspective API Misreads German as More Toxic
Gianluca Nogara, Francesco Pierri, Stefano Cresci +3
Proprietary public APIs play a crucial and growing role as research tools among social scientists. Among such APIs, Google's machine learning-based Perspective API is extensively u…
Dynamics of toxic behavior in the Covid-19 vaccination debate
Azza Bouleimen, Nicolò Pagan, Stefano Cresci +2
In this paper, we study the behavior of users on Online Social Networks in the context of Covid-19 vaccines in Italy. We identify two main polarized communities: Provax and Novax.…
User's Reaction Patterns in Online Social Network Communities
Azza Bouleimen, Nicolò Pagan, Stefano Cresci +3
Several one-fits-all intervention policies were introduced by the Online Social Networks (OSNs) platforms to mitigate potential harms. Nevertheless, some studies showed the limited…