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We develop a simulation framework for studying misinformation spread within online social networks that blends agent-based modeling and natural language processing techniques. While many other agent-based simulations exist in this space,…

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Bayesian Persuasion is proposed as a tool for social media platforms to combat the spread of misinformation. Since platforms can use machine learning to predict the popularity and misinformation features of to-be-shared posts, and users are…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-15 Safwan Hossain , Andjela Mladenovic , Yiling Chen , Gauthier Gidel

Malicious accounts spreading misinformation has led to widespread false and misleading narratives in recent times, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, and social media platforms struggle to eliminate these contents rapidly. This is…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-02-28 Karishma Sharma , Emilio Ferrara , Yan Liu

In a blockchain system, nodes regularly distribute data to other nodes. The ideal perspective taken in the scientific literature is that data is broadcast to all nodes directly, while in practice data is distributed by repeated multicast.…

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Mobility causes network structures to change. In PSNs where underlying network structure is changing rapidly, we are interested in studying how information dissemination can be enhanced in a sparse disconnected network where nodes lack the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-10-22 Rachit Agarwal , Vincent Gauthier , Monique Becker

The spread of an epidemic is often modeled by an SIR random process on a social network graph. The MinINF problem for optimal social distancing involves minimizing the expected number of infections, when we are allowed to break at most $B$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-02-18 Amy Babay , Michael Dinitz , Aravind Srinivasan , Leonidas Tsepenekas , Anil Vullikanti

This paper deals with the statistical signal pro- cessing over graphs for tracking infection diffusion in social networks. Infection (or Information) diffusion is modeled using the Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible (SIS) model. Mean field…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-11-01 Vikram Krishnamurthy , Sujay Bhatt , Tavis Pedersen

The proliferation of misinformation on social media platforms (SMPs) poses a significant danger to public health, social cohesion and ultimately democracy. Previous research has shown how social correction can be an effective way to curb…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-11-20 Daniel Russo , Shane Peter Kaszefski-Yaschuk , Jacopo Staiano , Marco Guerini

The growing trend of sharing news/contents, through social media platforms and the World Wide Web has been seen to impact our perception of the truth, altering our views about politics, economics, relationships, needs and wants. This is…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-09-01 Zakwan Jaroucheh , Mohamad Alissa , William J Buchanan

As a countermeasure against misinformation that undermines the healthy use of social media, a preventive intervention known as \textit{prebunking} has recently attracted attention in the field of psychology. Prebunking aims to strengthen…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Satoshi Furutani , Toshiki Shibahara , Mitsuaki Akiyama , Masaki Aida

Disinformation has become a serious problem on social media. In particular, given their short format, visual attraction, and humorous nature, memes have a significant advantage in dissemination among online communities, making them an…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-05-26 Jingnong Qu , Liunian Harold Li , Jieyu Zhao , Sunipa Dev , Kai-Wei Chang

Online social networks provide a convenient platform for the spread of rumors, which could lead to serious aftermaths such as economic losses and public panic. The classical rumor blocking problem aims to launch a set of nodes as a positive…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-11-02 Jianxiong Guo , Tiantian Chen , Weili Wu

Prior work has extensively studied misinformation related to news, politics, and health, however, misinformation can also be about technological topics. While less controversial, such misinformation can severely impact companies'…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-06-19 Mohit Singhal , Nihal Kumarswamy , Shreyasi Kinhekar , Shirin Nilizadeh

This paper presents a blockchain-based approach for securing spectrum sharing in multi-beam satellite systems. Satellite spectrum is a scarce resource that requires highly efficient management schemes for optimized sharing by network users.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-12-22 Feng Li , Kwok-Yan Lam , Min Jia , Jun Zhao , Xiuhua Li , Li Wang

Although pervasive spread of misinformation on social media platforms has become a pressing challenge, existing platform interventions have shown limited success in curbing its dissemination. In this study, we propose a stance-aware graph…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-10-05 Zihan Chen , Jingyi Sun , Rong Liu , Feng Mai

Social media platforms have become one of the main channels where people disseminate and acquire information, of which the reliability is severely threatened by rumors widespread in the network. Existing approaches such as suspending users…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-03-15 Hongyuan Su , Yu Zheng , Jingtao Ding , Depeng Jin , Yong Li

The advancement in cloud networks has enabled connectivity of both traditional networked elements and new devices from all walks of life, thereby forming the Internet of Things (IoT). In an IoT setting, improving and scaling network…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-02-04 Safi Faizullah , Muhammad Asad Khan , Ali Alzahrani , Imdadullah Khan

In today's world, social networks have become one of the primary sources for creation and propagation of news. Social news aggregators are one of the actors in this area in which users post news items and use positive or negative votes to…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-10-21 Amir Ziashahabi , Mohammad Ali Maddah-Ali , Abbas Heydarnoori

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a significant rise in the spread of misinformation on online platforms such as Twitter. Oftentimes this growth is blamed on the idea of the "echo chamber." However, the behavior said to…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-12-13 Caleb Stam , Emily Saldanha , Mahantesh Halappanavar , Anurag Acharya

With the constant spread of misinformation on social media networks, a need has arisen to continuously assess the veracity of digital content. This need has inspired numerous research efforts on the development of misinformation detection…

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