Internet outages are inevitable, frequent, opaque, and expensive. To make things worse, they are poorly understood, while a deep understanding of them is essential for …
A new era of Information Warfare has arrived. Various actors, including state-sponsored ones, are weaponizing information on Online Social Networks to run false-information …
This study determines the major difference between rumors and non-rumors and explores rumor classification performance levels over varying time windows—from the first three days …
Disinformation campaigns such as those perpetrated by far-right groups in the United States seek to erode democratic social institutions. Looking to understand these phenomena …
NM Jones, RR Thompson… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
During crisis events, people often seek out event-related information to stay informed of what is happening. However, when information from official channels is lacking or disseminated …
YL Huang, K Starbird, M Orand, SA Stanek… - Proceedings of the 18th …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
During crises, the ability to access relevant information is extremely important for those affected. Previous research shows that social media have become popular for rapid …
Q Wang, X Luo, R Tu, T Xiao, W Hu - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Many countries adopted lockdown measures to curb the spread of the outbreak in 2020, while information about COVID-19 has dominated various media outlets, which has led to …
This paper examines how users of social media correct online rumors during crisis events. Focusing on Twitter, we identify different patterns of information correcting behaviors and …