6 papers
Asking Grok: AI-Assisted Sensemaking in Social Media Conversations
Michelle Bobek, Emma Demirel, Nicolas Pröllochs
LLM-powered AI assistants (e.g., Grok) are increasingly integrated into social media platforms, where they help explain content, provide context, and verify claims directly within…
Supply vs. Demand in Community-Based Fact-Checking on Social Media
Moritz Pilarski, Nicolas Pröllochs
Fact-checking ecosystems on social media depend on the interplay between what users want checked and what contributors are willing to supply. Prior research has largely examined th…
Consensus Stability of Community Notes on X
Yuwei Chuai, Gabriele Lenzini, Nicolas Pröllochs
Community-based fact-checking systems, such as Community Notes on X (formerly Twitter), aim to mitigate online misinformation by surfacing annotations judged helpful by contributor…
Hiding Liker Identity Did Not Increase Engagement With Reputationally Risky Content on X (Formerly Twitter)
Yuwei Chuai, Manoel Horta Ribeiro, Gabriele Lenzini +1
In June 2024, X (formerly Twitter) made likes from public to private, offering a rare, platform-level opportunity to study how the visibility of engagement signals affects users' b…
Characterizing AI-Generated Misinformation on Social Media
Chiara Drolsbach, Nicolas Pröllochs, Emma Demirel
AI-generated misinformation (e.g., deepfakes) poses a growing threat to information integrity on social media. However, prior research has largely focused on its potential societal…
Community Fact-Checks Do Not Break Follower Loyalty
Michelle Bobek, Nicolas Pröllochs
Major social media platforms increasingly adopt community-based fact-checking to address misinformation on their platforms. While previous research has largely focused on its effec…