Giada Marino
@giadam.bsky.social
Disinformantion+Polarization+SocialMedia researcher | PhD | Postdoc @ uniurb.it | Researcher: ipolhys.it _ mine.uniurb.it _ veraai.eu
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.
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
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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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
I will attend in person. Looking forward to meeting and chatting!
vera.ai@vera-ai.bsky.social · 8mo agoOne 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 👇
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!
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Hey #AoIR2025 participants, the upcoming @qutdmrc.bsky.social Summer School will be highly relevant to many of you:
Axel Bruns@snurb.info · 10mo agoJoin us for the 2026 @qutdmrc.bsky.social Summer School – registration opens next Monday !
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
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!
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!
🚨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...
vera.ai presents its outcomes - and invites you all to attend two webinars!
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#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! ☀️
📢 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...
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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Even if I have not the opportunity to celebrate properly due to a conference today, buona festa della liberazione a tutt*!
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.
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/...
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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Researchers at Uni Urbino uncovered a significant #disinformation campaign on #Facebook pertaining to #PopeFrancis’ health. Here's what they found. #InauthenticCoordinatedBehavior By @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social, @giadam.bsky.social, @informativeicts.bsky.social @mterenzi.bsky.social.
AI-Generated Images of Pope Francis Drive Traffic to Network of Suspicious Websites in Coordinated Campaign
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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...
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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(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.
PROMPT@euprompt.bsky.social · 2y agoOur white paper (by @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social & @mterenzi.bsky.social) analyzes how the #DSA is transforming platforms' data access, drawing on existing literature and fresh extensive testing of research APIs & tools from major VLOPs incl. Meta, YouTube & TikTok → disinfo-prompt.eu/posts/5TVAc3...
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...
Join Us as a Beta Tester for the Coordinated Sharing Detection Service!
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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...
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...
Coordinated Sharing Behavior Detection (Conference): Report and Insights
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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
View of Cracking Open the European Newsfeed
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