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Auditing Elon Musk's Impact on Hate Speech and Bots
Daniel Hickey, Matheus Schmitz, Daniel Fessler +3
On October 27th, 2022, Elon Musk purchased Twitter, becoming its new CEO and firing many top executives in the process. Musk listed fewer restrictions on content moderation and rem…
No Love Among Haters: Negative Interactions Reduce Hate Community Engagement
Daniel Hickey, Matheus Schmitz, Daniel Fessler +3
While online hate groups pose significant risks to the health of online platforms and safety of marginalized groups, little is known about what causes users to become active in hat…
Resilience by Structural Entrenchment: Dynamics of Single-Layer and Multiplex Networks Following Sudden Changes to Tie Costs
Paul E. Smaldino, Raissa D'Souza, Zeev Maoz
We examine a model of network formation in single-layer and multiplex networks in which individuals have positive incentives for social ties, closed triangles, and spillover edges.…