Fabio Giglietto
@fabiogiglietto.bsky.social
Professor of Internet Studies at the University of Urbino - Principal investigator https://mine.uniurb.it - WP4 leader at https://www.veraai.eu/
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IC2S2 2026 registration is open!
Explore the 2026 conference here ➡️ ic2s2-2026.org
✔️ Submissions open December 15th
✔️ Keynotes will be announced between now and February
✔️ Full program of selected talks and tutorials will be available in late April
Explore the 2026 conference here ➡️ ic2s2-2026.org
✔️ Submissions open December 15th
✔️ Keynotes will be announced between now and February
✔️ Full program of selected talks and tutorials will be available in late April
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
IC2S2 2026 registration is open!
Explore the 2026 conference here ➡️ ic2s2-2026.org
✔️ Submissions open December 15th
✔️ Keynotes will be announced between now and February
✔️ Full program of selected talks and tutorials will be available in late April
Explore the 2026 conference here ➡️ ic2s2-2026.org
✔️ Submissions open December 15th
✔️ Keynotes will be announced between now and February
✔️ Full program of selected talks and tutorials will be available in late April
€40m of the fine was specifically for data access breaches affecting researchers. The inadequate Google form X created to falsely demonstrate DSA compliance wasted many hours of researchers' time and this portion of the fine should be redistributed to the affected scholars as compensation
Elon Musk’s X fined €120m by EU in first clash under new digital laws
Ruling could put European Commission on collision course with billionaire, and possibly Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
€40m of the fine was specifically for data access breaches affecting researchers. The inadequate Google form X created to falsely demonstrate DSA compliance wasted many hours of researchers' time and this portion of the fine should be redistributed to the affected scholars as compensation
#toread #paper Persuading voters using human–artificial intelligence dialogues by Lin, Hause et al. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Persuading%20voters%20using%20humanartificial%20intelligence%20dialogues
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM
#toread #paper Persuading voters using human–artificial intelligence dialogues by Lin, Hause et al. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Persuading%20voters%20using%20humanartificial%20intelligence%20dialogues
#toread #paper The persistence of informational manipulation and the appropriation of ... by FitzGerald, Katherine M, Whelan-Shamy, Daniel, Graham, Timothy https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=The%20persistence%20of%20informational%20manipulation%20and%20the%20appropriation%20of%20emerging%20events
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#toread #paper The persistence of informational manipulation and the appropriation of ... by FitzGerald, Katherine M, Whelan-Shamy, Daniel, Graham, Timothy https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=The%20persistence%20of%20informational%20manipulation%20and%20the%20appropriation%20of%20emerging%20events
Reposted by Fabio Giglietto
I’m so happy and humbled to share that I’ve been awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA26) ($528,013 + 1 PhD scholarship funded by QUT) for my project "Democratic Resilience Online: Strengthening Public Opinion Formation Amid Digital Threats" 🥳🎉
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I’m so happy and humbled to share that I’ve been awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA26) ($528,013 + 1 PhD scholarship funded by QUT) for my project "Democratic Resilience Online: Strengthening Public Opinion Formation Amid Digital Threats" 🥳🎉
#toread #paper Platform-independent experiments on social media by Allen, Jennifer, Tucker, Joshua A https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Platformindependent%20experiments%20on%20social%20media
December 1, 2025 at 6:30 AM
#toread #paper Platform-independent experiments on social media by Allen, Jennifer, Tucker, Joshua A https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Platformindependent%20experiments%20on%20social%20media
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Just found: Answer given by Executive Vice-President Virkkunen on behalf of the @ec.europa.eu from 6 March 2025 featuring our project. A fair bit has happened since then - and we are proud to say we delivered on various fronts in the fight against #disinformation
www.europarl.europa.eu
November 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Just found: Answer given by Executive Vice-President Virkkunen on behalf of the @ec.europa.eu from 6 March 2025 featuring our project. A fair bit has happened since then - and we are proud to say we delivered on various fronts in the fight against #disinformation
#toread #paper RIP Twitter API: A eulogy to its vast research contributions by Murtfeldt, Ryan et al. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=RIP%20Twitter%20API%20A%20eulogy%20to%20its%20vast%20research%20contributions
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
#toread #paper RIP Twitter API: A eulogy to its vast research contributions by Murtfeldt, Ryan et al. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=RIP%20Twitter%20API%20A%20eulogy%20to%20its%20vast%20research%20contributions
#toread #paper Multimodal narratives of climate denial: A novel, visual-fir... by Gardam, Caroline et al. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Multimodal%20narratives%20of%20climate%20denial%20A%20novel%20visualfirst%20methodology%20for%20analysing%20conspiracy%20theory%20discourse%20on%20Instagram
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 AM
#toread #paper Multimodal narratives of climate denial: A novel, visual-fir... by Gardam, Caroline et al. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Multimodal%20narratives%20of%20climate%20denial%20A%20novel%20visualfirst%20methodology%20for%20analysing%20conspiracy%20theory%20discourse%20on%20Instagram
Reposted by Fabio Giglietto
One week to go!
Still time to register!
Join us for the "Meet the Future of AI" series organized by several EU co-funded projects and the @ec.europa.eu.
it takes place in Brussels on 2 December. You can also participate online. Prior registration required 👇
Still time to register!
Join us for the "Meet the Future of AI" series organized by several EU co-funded projects and the @ec.europa.eu.
it takes place in Brussels on 2 December. You can also participate online. Prior registration required 👇
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
One week to go!
Still time to register!
Join us for the "Meet the Future of AI" series organized by several EU co-funded projects and the @ec.europa.eu.
it takes place in Brussels on 2 December. You can also participate online. Prior registration required 👇
Still time to register!
Join us for the "Meet the Future of AI" series organized by several EU co-funded projects and the @ec.europa.eu.
it takes place in Brussels on 2 December. You can also participate online. Prior registration required 👇
Reposted by Fabio Giglietto
The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901
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November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Reposted by Fabio Giglietto
👋 So hello world, we did a thing.
🎁 Might be useful for some people ?
#misinformation #disinformation #fakenews
🎁 Might be useful for some people ?
#misinformation #disinformation #fakenews
Here's a new resource from @qutdmrc.bsky.social to explain #problematicinformation (and its various forms), harms, tips to help navigate online info environments, and what can be done. Access and download here: research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/explain... #informationintegrity #misinformation #disinformation
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
👋 So hello world, we did a thing.
🎁 Might be useful for some people ?
#misinformation #disinformation #fakenews
🎁 Might be useful for some people ?
#misinformation #disinformation #fakenews
#toread #paper How public involvement can improve the science of AI by Matias, J Nathan, Price, Megan https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=How%20public%20involvement%20can%20improve%20the%20science%20of%20AI
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
#toread #paper How public involvement can improve the science of AI by Matias, J Nathan, Price, Megan https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=How%20public%20involvement%20can%20improve%20the%20science%20of%20AI
Reposted by Fabio Giglietto
New from me on Substack: “Source Wars and Bespoke Realities: Wikipedia, Grokipedia, and The Battle for Truth”
I wrote about the high stakes power game over “reliable sources” — and the story of how Grokipedia did change its entry ab me after my Atlantic article on its hallucinations last week.
I wrote about the high stakes power game over “reliable sources” — and the story of how Grokipedia did change its entry ab me after my Atlantic article on its hallucinations last week.
November 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
New from me on Substack: “Source Wars and Bespoke Realities: Wikipedia, Grokipedia, and The Battle for Truth”
I wrote about the high stakes power game over “reliable sources” — and the story of how Grokipedia did change its entry ab me after my Atlantic article on its hallucinations last week.
I wrote about the high stakes power game over “reliable sources” — and the story of how Grokipedia did change its entry ab me after my Atlantic article on its hallucinations last week.
Reposted by Fabio Giglietto
do I have any Japanese followers (or experts of the Japanese internet) who can explain why Community Notes appears to have so many Japanese super users?
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
do I have any Japanese followers (or experts of the Japanese internet) who can explain why Community Notes appears to have so many Japanese super users?
#toread #paper What did Elon change? A comprehensive analysis of Grokipedia by Triedman, Harold, Mantzarlis, Alexios https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=What%20did%20Elon%20change%20A%20comprehensive%20analysis%20of%20Grokipedia
November 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
#toread #paper What did Elon change? A comprehensive analysis of Grokipedia by Triedman, Harold, Mantzarlis, Alexios https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=What%20did%20Elon%20change%20A%20comprehensive%20analysis%20of%20Grokipedia
Reposted by Fabio Giglietto
Results. Results? Results!
veraAI officially ended on 31 October 2025.
But its legacy is here to stay!
We make available a first set of results - available and accessible to ALL. From Keyframe Selection and Enhancement Service to the Verification Plugin.
More will be added in due course.
veraAI officially ended on 31 October 2025.
But its legacy is here to stay!
We make available a first set of results - available and accessible to ALL. From Keyframe Selection and Enhancement Service to the Verification Plugin.
More will be added in due course.
vera.ai has come to an end – its results remain accessible. More right here!
VERification Assisted by AI. R&D & innovation co-funded by the HorizonEU. Continuing WeVerify work. And much more!
www.veraai.eu
November 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Results. Results? Results!
veraAI officially ended on 31 October 2025.
But its legacy is here to stay!
We make available a first set of results - available and accessible to ALL. From Keyframe Selection and Enhancement Service to the Verification Plugin.
More will be added in due course.
veraAI officially ended on 31 October 2025.
But its legacy is here to stay!
We make available a first set of results - available and accessible to ALL. From Keyframe Selection and Enhancement Service to the Verification Plugin.
More will be added in due course.
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Reposted by Fabio Giglietto
In October 2025, veraAI project members based at the University of Urbino (@giadam.bsky.social, @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social and @brupar.bsky.social) went to Brazil to present and share their research findings at a variety of events. Find out what they did in this post.
Advancing Research on Disinformation and Digital Manipulation: The University of Urbino at two Key Conferences in Brazil
VERification Assisted by AI. R&D & innovation co-funded by the HorizonEU. Continuing WeVerify work. And much more!
www.veraai.eu
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
In October 2025, veraAI project members based at the University of Urbino (@giadam.bsky.social, @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social and @brupar.bsky.social) went to Brazil to present and share their research findings at a variety of events. Find out what they did in this post.
#toread #paper Emergent coordinated behaviors in networked LLM agents: Modeling the strate... by Orlando, Gian Marco et al. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Emergent%20coordinated%20behaviors%20in%20networked%20LLM%20agents%20Modeling%20the%20strategic%20dynamics%20of%20information%20operations
November 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#toread #paper Emergent coordinated behaviors in networked LLM agents: Modeling the strate... by Orlando, Gian Marco et al. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Emergent%20coordinated%20behaviors%20in%20networked%20LLM%20agents%20Modeling%20the%20strategic%20dynamics%20of%20information%20operations
#toread #paper What is going on? An evidence-frame framework for analyzing online rum... by Starbird, Kate, Prochaska, Stephen, Yamron, Ben https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=What%20is%20going%20on%20An%20evidenceframe%20framework%20for%20analyzing%20online%20rumors%20about%20election%20integrity
November 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#toread #paper What is going on? An evidence-frame framework for analyzing online rum... by Starbird, Kate, Prochaska, Stephen, Yamron, Ben https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=What%20is%20going%20on%20An%20evidenceframe%20framework%20for%20analyzing%20online%20rumors%20about%20election%20integrity
#toread #paper Deep storytelling: Collective sensemaking and layers of meaning in U.s. elections by Prochaska, Stephen et al. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Deep%20storytelling%20Collective%20sensemaking%20and%20layers%20of%20meaning%20in%20Us%20elections
November 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
#toread #paper Deep storytelling: Collective sensemaking and layers of meaning in U.s. elections by Prochaska, Stephen et al. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Deep%20storytelling%20Collective%20sensemaking%20and%20layers%20of%20meaning%20in%20Us%20elections