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View article: What Drives Perceptions of the Political in Online Advertising?: The Source, Content, and Political Orientation
What Drives Perceptions of the Political in Online Advertising?: The Source, Content, and Political Orientation Open
As digital platforms become a key channel for political advertising, there are continued calls for expanding regulation of digital political ads as a distinct content category. However, designing policies to meet these demands requires us …
View article: A Comparative Survey Of Algorithmic Feed Recommendation System Designs
A Comparative Survey Of Algorithmic Feed Recommendation System Designs Open
Social media platforms are highly reliant on algorithmic feed systems to deliver content to users. Unlike content recommender systems typically studied in academia, recommendation algorithms for social media feeds are multi-stakeholder and…
View article: Measurement and Metrics for Content Moderation
Measurement and Metrics for Content Moderation Open
Content moderation aims to maintain a safe and enjoyable environment for users and prevent harmful content from spreading on online content platforms. To quantify the impact of content moderation, we propose the metric of prevented dissemi…
View article: Content Moderation in Practice
Content Moderation in Practice Open
Almost all platforms for user-generated content have written policies around what content they are and are not willing to host, even if these policies are not always public. Even platforms explicitly designed to host adult content, such as…
View article: Understanding the (In)Effectiveness of Content Moderation: A Case Study of Facebook in the Context of the U.S. Capitol Riot
Understanding the (In)Effectiveness of Content Moderation: A Case Study of Facebook in the Context of the U.S. Capitol Riot Open
Social media networks commonly employ content moderation as a tool to limit the spread of harmful content. However, the efficacy of this strategy in limiting the delivery of harmful content to users is not well understood. In this paper, w…
View article: Understanding engagement with U.S. (mis)information news sources on Facebook
Understanding engagement with U.S. (mis)information news sources on Facebook Open
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View article: A Security Analysis of the Facebook Ad Library
A Security Analysis of the Facebook Ad Library Open
Actors engaged in election disinformation are using online advertising platforms to spread political messages. In response to this threat, online advertising networks have started making political advertising on their platforms more transp…
View article: An Analysis of United States Online Political Advertising Transparency
An Analysis of United States Online Political Advertising Transparency Open
During the summer of 2018, Facebook, Google, and Twitter created policies and implemented transparent archives that include U.S. political advertisements which ran on their platforms. Through our analysis of over 1.3 million ads with polit…