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Giada Marino @giadam.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Today at #SISCC2026 I presented my research "Stories elections tell: strategic narratives in Italian political news on Facebook". The study uses an LLMs-in-the-loop pipeline to examine how political news during election campaigns is organized around recurring narrative patterns.

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Katrin Weller @kwelle.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

and some great insights from several people around getting access to online platform data under the DSA (mainly 40.12 for public data), e.g. @giadam.bsky.social presenting their work on accessing data from large online shopping portals snurb.info/index.php/no... #smad2026 #digitalservicesact

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Exposing Very Large Online Marketplace Platforms’ Deliberate Frustration of Data Access Requests under DSA Article 40.12 | Snurblog — Axel Bruns

And the lucky last speaker in the final session at the

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Giada Marino @giadam.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Today I am attending the event Meet the Future of AI: Support for the European Democracy Shield: policy, practice and partnerships in Brussels. Good to see my colleagues from @vera-ai.bsky.social and @euprompt.bsky.social

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Giada Marino @giadam.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

I will attend in person. Looking forward to meeting and chatting!

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 16/10/2025

Hey #AoIR2025 participants, the upcoming @qutdmrc.bsky.social Summer School will be highly relevant to many of you:

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Giada Marino @giadam.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

This #AoIR2025 roundtable on data access is coming to an end. It started a very insightful discussion about the DSA, scraping and the future of accessing data for researchers. Thank all the speakers Josephine Lukito, Jessica Robinson, @snurb.info Richard Rogers @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social

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Giada Marino @giadam.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

This morning at #AoIR2025 in Niterói 🇧🇷 I presented a study that’s a joint effort with @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social and colleagues. We examined how deceptive info operations evolve through cycles of trial & adaptation testing which tactics stick. Feels great to be back at @aoir.bsky.social!

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Giada Marino @giadam.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Presenting our research w/ @brupar.bsky.social & @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social this afternoon @ #SISCC2025 (Uni of Cagliari) exploring how emotional reactions and narratives fuel polarization and harm democratic debate in Facebook pro-Bolsonaro communities. Looking forward to discuss this!

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Giada Marino @giadam.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

🚨Final #veraAI Event is approaching 2️⃣ Half-Day Online Sessions 1️⃣7️⃣ June: Tools + Social Science Research 2️⃣4️⃣ June: Research deep dive Join us to explore AI vs disinformation from all angles! ℹ️ and registration form @ veraai.eu/posts/two-ve...

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vera.ai presents its outcomes - and invites you all to attend two webinars!

VERification Assisted by AI. R&D & innovation co-funded by the HorizonEU. Continuing WeVerify work. And much more!

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Giada Marino @giadam.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

#AoIR2025 is shaping up! Excited to coordinate a panel on platform polarization in Latin America with @brupar.bsky.social, present my work on LLMs + Brazilian social media and on deceptive information operations on Facebook with @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social & team. Looking forward to it in Niterói! ☀️

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

📢 New from @euprompt.bsky.social project: In Romania's election re-run, we detected multiple pages simultaneously posting identical content that mixes AI-generated material (read AI slop) with political messaging. Read our full investigation: www.euractiv.ro/facts-not-fa...

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Coordinated inauthentic behaviour surfaces again in the re-run of Romanian elections

Annulled last year due to foreign interference, the re-run of Romania's presidential elections continues to be overshadowed by concerns over opaque affiliations, cyberattacks, and coordinated online c...

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vera.ai @vera-ai.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

The session will be available on-demand on the veraAI website and YouTube channel in a few days!

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Giada Marino @giadam.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Even if I have not the opportunity to celebrate properly due to a conference today, buona festa della liberazione a tutt*!

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Giada Marino @giadam.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Excited to present tomorrow @ #COMPTEXT25 this 4-step workflow by me and @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social for SM discourse analysis: extracting text features using the 5Ws+H framework, generating embeddings and clustering features with LLMs, detecting narratives through network and qualitative analysis.

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

We are democratizing coordinated sharing detection! 🚀 Join us to discover the graphical user interface that makes using CooRTweet even easier: tech.ebu.ch/events/2025/...

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Detecting coordinated behaviour on social media with veraAI

A webinar series on innovative AI-based fact-checking tools from the veraAI project

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 07/02/2025

Hate is very lucrative. A new investigation shows Meta's recent policy changes have created a breeding ground for neo-Nazi content on Instagram, where accounts freely promote hate, antisemitic rhetoric, and Nazi symbols—all while making a profit. globalextremism.org/post/neo-naz...

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Amid Meta Policy Changes, Neo-Nazis Monetize Hate on Instagram

Over the past month, Meta has been undergoing a MAGA metamorphosis. In this new more permissive online environment, an investigation by the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) has discov...

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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

(1/4) We've dedicated countless hours to examining the strengths, weaknesses, and challenges of the real-time APIs mandated by Article 40.12 (aka the CrowdTangle provision) of the Digital Services Act—so you don't have to.

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vera.ai @vera-ai.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Want to help build a safer, more transparent digital world? Interested in tech, testing, network analysis & #disinfomation? Then become a beta tester for the Coordinated Sharing Detection Service, powered by #CooRTweet, developed by @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social & team www.veraai.eu/posts/beta-t...

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Join Us as a Beta Tester for the Coordinated Sharing Detection Service!

VERification Assisted by AI. R&D & innovation co-funded by the HorizonEU. Continuing WeVerify work. And much more!

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 22/11/2024

Building on a report released in 2022, our new 2024 study, “Falling for Russian Propaganda: Understanding the Factors that Contribute to Belief in Pro-Kremlin Disinformation on Social Media,” examines factors that predict belief in pro-Kremlin disinfo narratives. socialmedialab.ca/2024/03/12/n...

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vera.ai @vera-ai.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Here's a summary of a conference organised by some of us. Topic: multimodal and cross-platform coordinated behavior detection. Held at the University of Sheffield on 29 October 2024, in conjunction with AoIR 2024. www.veraai.eu/posts/coordi...

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Coordinated Sharing Behavior Detection (Conference): Report and Insights

VERification Assisted by AI. R&D & innovation co-funded by the HorizonEU. Continuing WeVerify work. And much more!

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Giada Marino @giadam.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

New article "Cracking Open the European Newsfeed" by @lrossi.bsky.social, @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social and me available on @journalqd.bsky.social. It longitudinally (2019-2022) analyzes the spread and impact of low-quality info on FB in Italy, France, and Germany. t.ly/w4dPJ

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View of Cracking Open the European Newsfeed

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