Research

Before It's Too Late: A State Space Model for the Early Prediction of Misinformation and Disinformation Engagement

We present IC-Mamba, a state space model that that forecasts social media engagement by modeling intervalcensored data with integrated temporal embeddings.

Before It's Too Late: A State Space Model for the Early Prediction of Misinformation and Disinformation Engagement

We present IC-Mamba, a state space model that that forecasts social media engagement by modeling intervalcensored data with integrated temporal embeddings.

Some Reddit users just love to disagree, new AI-powered troll-spotting algorithm finds

Our article from the [The Conversation](https://theconversation.com/some-reddit-users-just-love-to-disagree-new-ai-powered-troll-spotting-algorithm-finds-255879) from our paper presented at WWW'25.

Some Reddit users just love to disagree, new AI-powered troll-spotting algorithm finds

Our article from the [The Conversation](https://theconversation.com/some-reddit-users-just-love-to-disagree-new-ai-powered-troll-spotting-algorithm-finds-255879) from our paper presented at WWW'25.

Opinion Market Model: Stemming Far-Right Opinion Spread using Positive Interventions

We introduce the Opinion Market Model (OMM) as a testbed to measure the impact of positive interventions on online opinion dynamics.

Opinion Market Model: Stemming Far-Right Opinion Spread using Positive Interventions

We introduce the Opinion Market Model (OMM) as a testbed to measure the impact of positive interventions on online opinion dynamics.

Detecting extreme ideologies in shifting landscapes

Last November 2022, we presented to the [Defence Human Sciences Symposium 2022](https://www.dst.defence.gov.au/event/defence-human-sciences-symposium-2022) our novel ideology detection pipeline. In this post, we explain the technology and the big takeaways.

Doing research online (by SAGE Research Methods): A Mixed-Method to Explain How Extreme Opinions Infiltrate Online Discussions

SAGE Research Methods produced a full-length interview on our interdisciplinary approach on fighting online problematic speech.

Slipping to the Extreme: A Mixed-Method to Explain How Extreme Opinions Infiltrate Online Discussions

ICWSM 2022 paper: "Slipping to the Extreme: A Mixed-Method to Explain How Extreme Opinions Infiltrate Online Discussions"

We spent six years scouring billions of links, and found the web is both expanding and shrinking

More than a quarter of a century since the first commercial use of the online world, its growth is now slowing down in some key categories.