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LOKI: Proactively Discovering Online Scam Websites by Mining Toxic Search Queries
Pujan Paudel, Gianluca Stringhini
Online e-commerce scams, ranging from shopping scams to pet scams, globally cause millions of dollars in financial damage every year. In response, the security community has develo…
Revealing The Secret Power: How Algorithms Can Influence Content Visibility on Twitter/X
Alessandro Galeazzi, Pujan Paudel, Mauro Conti +2
In recent years, the opaque design and the limited public understanding of social networks' recommendation algorithms have raised concerns about potential manipulation of informati…
Enabling Contextual Soft Moderation on Social Media through Contrastive Textual Deviation
Pujan Paudel, Mohammad Hammas Saeed, Rebecca Auger +2
Automated soft moderation systems are unable to ascertain if a post supports or refutes a false claim, resulting in a large number of contextual false positives. This limits their…
Unraveling the Web of Disinformation: Exploring the Larger Context of State-Sponsored Influence Campaigns on Twitter
Mohammad Hammas Saeed, Shiza Ali, Pujan Paudel +2
Social media platforms offer unprecedented opportunities for connectivity and exchange of ideas; however, they also serve as fertile grounds for the dissemination of disinformation…