Understanding and preventing fake news propagation

Rumors and misinformation play a crucial role in shaping public opinion, which in turn influences national and global laws and policies that affect the lives of millions. We are working to prevent misinformation from spreading by modeling human behavior and causal mechanisms.

Published papers

From Bad to Worse: Using Private Data to Propagate Disinformation on Online Platforms with a Greater Efficiency
Protik Bose Pranto, Waqar Hassan Khan, Sahar Abdelnabi, Rebecca Weil, Mario Fritz, Rakibul Hasan
Designing Technology and Policy Simultaneously: Towards A Research Agenda and New Practice - A CHI Workshop
Understanding the Effect of Private Data in Disinformation Propagation
Protik Bose Pranto, Waqar Hassan Khan, Sahar Abdelnabi, Rebecca Weil, Mario Fritz, Rakibul Hasan
Nineteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS'23)

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