Social media platforms have been establishing content moderation guidelines and
employing various moderation policies to counter hate speech and misinformation. The goal …

This paper introduces the 4CAT Capture and Analysis Toolkit (4CAT), an open-source Web-
based research tool. 4CAT can capture data from a variety of online sources (including …

To date, there is little research to measure the scale of misinformation and understand how it
spreads on largely unmoderated platforms. Our analysis of 200,000 Telegram posts …

With the increasing popularity of some alternative social media platforms, the flow of
information has to some extent shifted from the periphery to the core, where problematic …

On 6 January 2021, a violent mob attacked the United States Capitol. Yet while mob
suggests a chaotic and fragmented crowd, networked media had already been working to …

Information Operations (IOs) pose a significant threat to the integrity of democratic
processes, with the potential to influence election-related online discourse. In anticipation of …

In this study, we examined online conversations on Twitter about the Russia-Ukraine War
and investigated differences between bots and non-bots accounts. Using 'Russia'and …

In the field of disinformation research, the study of antagonistic networks and discourse on
the messaging platform Telegram has developed into an active area of investigation. To this …

“Denial, a psychological defense mechanism, is an unconscious mental maneuver that
cancels out or obscures painful reality.... We do not need to confront or change things that do …

Misinformation, propaganda, and outright lies proliferate on the web, with some narratives
having dangerous real-world consequences on public health, elections, and individual …