Giada Marino
@giadam.bsky.social
Disinformantion+Polarization+SocialMedia researcher | PhD | Postdoc @ uniurb.it | Researcher: ipolhys.it _ mine.uniurb.it _ veraai.eu
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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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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.
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Hey #AoIR2025 participants, the upcoming @qutdmrc.bsky.social Summer School will be highly relevant to many of you:
Join us for the 2026 @qutdmrc.bsky.social Summer School – registration opens next Monday !
October 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Hey #AoIR2025 participants, the upcoming @qutdmrc.bsky.social Summer School will be highly relevant to many of you:
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
October 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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!
Feels great to be back at @aoir.bsky.social!
October 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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!
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!
June 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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...
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!
VERification Assisted by AI. R&D & innovation co-funded by the HorizonEU. Continuing WeVerify work. And much more!
veraai.eu
June 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🚨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...
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...
#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! ☀️
May 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
#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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📢 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...
www.euractiv.ro
May 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
📢 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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The session will be available on-demand on the veraAI website and YouTube channel in a few days!
Our @vera-ai.bsky.social webinar hosted by EBU is about to start. Free registration is available at 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
tech.ebu.ch
April 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The session will be available on-demand on the veraAI website and YouTube channel in a few days!
Even if I have not the opportunity to celebrate properly due to a conference today, buona festa della liberazione a tutt*!
April 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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.
April 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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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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
tech.ebu.ch
April 2, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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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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.
#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
VERification Assisted by AI. R&D & innovation co-funded by the HorizonEU. Continuing WeVerify work. And much more!
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March 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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.
#InauthenticCoordinatedBehavior
By @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social, @giadam.bsky.social, @informativeicts.bsky.social @mterenzi.bsky.social.
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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...
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...
globalextremism.org
February 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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...
globalextremism.org/post/neo-naz...
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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.
Our 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...
The state of social media research APIs & tools in the DSA era / PROMPT
Narrative Intelligence for Information Integrity
disinfo-prompt.eu
December 30, 2024 at 3:48 PM
(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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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...
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!
VERification Assisted by AI. R&D & innovation co-funded by the HorizonEU. Continuing WeVerify work. And much more!
www.veraai.eu
December 17, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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...
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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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...
November 22, 2024 at 12:20 PM
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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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...
www.veraai.eu/posts/coordi...
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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November 15, 2024 at 8:35 AM
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...
www.veraai.eu/posts/coordi...
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
t.ly
December 13, 2023 at 9:07 AM
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