This panel presents research on web and information infrastructures used for manipulative
purposes. In contrast to platform manipulation (Woolley & Howard, 2018; Benkler et al …

Disinformation campaigns continue to thrive online, despite social media companies' efforts
at identifying and culling manipulation on their platforms. Framing these manipulation tactics …

Manipulation has been used as a method for influencing other people's behavior for all
human history. The widespread use of social media for news and communication, however …

Online communication is pivotal in modern warfare in the contemporary interconnected
world–and it is often underestimated in strategies. Communication serves as a means to …

As the logic of data-driven metrification reconfigures various realms of social and economic
life, cultural workers—from journalists and musicians to photographers and social media …

In this paper, we use trolling to illuminate the entangled and complex relationship between
online debate, technological infrastructure, and justice. While a great deal of research has …

Global debate over the impact that algorithms and search on shaping political opinions has
been increasing in the aftermath of controversial election results in Europe and the US …

What is it about social media that makes it an ideal space for mis-and-disinformation to
thrive? This chapter explores how the design of social media platforms—and their …

Controlling access to the Internet by means of filtering softwarehas become a growth
industry in the US and elsewhere. Its usehas increased as the mandatory response to the …

Social media platforms had for a long time successfully positioned themselves in the “sweet
spot” between beneficial legislative protections and a remarkable absence of obligations …