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Mor Naaman
@informor.bsky.social
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Cornell Tech professor (information science, AI-mediated Communication, trustworthiness of our information ecosystem). New York City. Taller in person. Opinions my own.

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Mor Naaman is a professor of information science at Cornell Tech. He is the founder of the Connective Media Hub and director of the Connective Media degree program. Naaman is known for foundational work on tagging behavior on social networking sites, the use of sites such as Twitter as social awareness streams, and real-world identification from social network activity. His research in these areas has been cited over 12,000 times on Google Scholar. .. more

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Physics 15%
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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 15h
And now for the most academic (and accurate) take on the Bad Bunny halftime show...
snelsonus.bsky.social Steven Nelson @snelsonus.bsky.social · 1d
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.

Reposted by Mor Naaman, Laurent Pech

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d
Endless legal calvinball making a mockery of the rule of law and the human rights of those being detained
thecity.nyc THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 1d
ICE officials under a judge’s order to clean up squalid conditions on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza detained migrants on a secret floor where they decided that ruling didn’t apply, attorneys for the Trump administration said Monday.

www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
ICE Moved Detainees to Previously Undisclosed Floor of 26 Federal Plaza
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reduce overcrowding and squalid conditions at a Manhattan holding room. Months later, he finds ICE merely shifted floors.
www.thecity.nyc

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Mor Naaman, Laurent Pech , and 3 more

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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 1d
ICE officials under a judge’s order to clean up squalid conditions on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza detained migrants on a secret floor where they decided that ruling didn’t apply, attorneys for the Trump administration said Monday.

www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
ICE Moved Detainees to Previously Undisclosed Floor of 26 Federal Plaza
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reduce overcrowding and squalid conditions at a Manhattan holding room. Months later, he finds ICE merely shifted floors.
www.thecity.nyc

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 1d
We gave this phenomenon a name: "perceptual harms"

dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Mor Naaman , and 15 more

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Steven Nelson @snelsonus.bsky.social · 1d
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.

Reposted by Martin Paul Eve, Kate Starbird, Catherine J. Frieman , and 2 more

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 1d
Cool/important job alert:

Principal Research Scientist at the Wikimedia Foundation's
Research team for the area of knowledge integrity

Job posting: job-boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jo...
Principal Research Scientist
Remote
job-boards.greenhouse.io

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 1d
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Private Parts | The Ratings Scene
YouTube video by TheFunFlicks
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Reposted by Greg Linden

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 1d
Having said that, in a differentl project here on Bluesky we are exploring the use of behavior data for reputation. Make sure you subscribe and like @stechlab-labels.bsky.social if you haven't seen it before!

Reposted by Greg Linden

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 1d
Interesting! (side note: TrustRank author Zoltan was my officemate; Hector was our advisor). We thought a lot about the boundary of CCS. I don't think we'd say implicit/behavioral data is immediately included, though one can imagine using it for what we called "Curation" @travislloydphd.bsky.social

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 1d
We generalize these systems, which spread from X to many other platforms, as Crowdsourced Context Systems (CCS) to highlight that while they share a general approach and design, they also suggest a design space worthy of both review and exploration. See above 🧵 from @travislloydphd.bsky.social

Reposted by Kate Starbird

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 1d
📝 Our new paper officially coming out at #chi2026: we hope to help people think about systems like #CommunityNotes, the design choices they make, and the normative implications of relying on them to moderate our information ecosystem. 📝
travislloydphd.bsky.social travis lloyd (træve) @travislloydphd.bsky.social · 1d
"Community Notes" are reshaping how millions encounter information on social media--but what makes them work (or not)? We term these "Crowdsourced Context Systems" (CCS) and introduce a framework for designing and evaluating them in a new #CHI26 paper 🧵

Reposted by Mor Naaman, Karen Levy, Kate Starbird

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travis lloyd (træve) @travislloydphd.bsky.social · 1d
"Community Notes" are reshaping how millions encounter information on social media--but what makes them work (or not)? We term these "Crowdsourced Context Systems" (CCS) and introduce a framework for designing and evaluating them in a new #CHI26 paper 🧵

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 1d
Bad Bunny halftime show crashing X is next-level symbolism

(source: downdetector.com/status/twitt...)
Graph showing X outage reports spiking after 8:30pm during the Superbowl

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 2d
Pretty accurate for this humble account!

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 2d
Pretty clear the only reasonable choice for MVP is Bad Bunny

Reposted by Mor Naaman

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Marianne Aubin Le Quéré @mariannealq.bsky.social · 3d
If anybody is curious about local search and AI summaries, I’ll be speaking about some of our results from a large scale audit at this upcoming panel on AI Search and News on Feb 19th!

journalism.columbia.edu/events/ai-se...

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 3d
Well ChatGPT *may* be helping people find local news, but we don't know that. OpenAI says people *ask* AI for local news. We don't know what they get...

... Until @mariannealq.bsky.social reports on her study, coming soon!

Reposted by Mor Naaman

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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 3d
“ChatGPT can help people find local news, provided local journalists are still out there covering it" www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/chat...
ChatGPT is asked about local news 1 million times per week, OpenAI says
ChatGPT is fielding 1 million prompts about local news every week, OpenAI said in a blog post that also announced the AI company wants to take "a different path" on local news than other tech…
www.niemanlab.org

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 4d
And that's just the people on X, wait till you see the survey of the bots
polltracker.bsky.social Poll Tracker 📊 @polltracker.bsky.social · 4d
Trump job approval rating by news platform

🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40

www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Will Jennings, Mor Naaman , and 6 more

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Poll Tracker 📊 @polltracker.bsky.social · 4d
Trump job approval rating by news platform

🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40

www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...

Reposted by Mor Naaman, Rafael H. M. Pereira, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham , and 3 more

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Gabriel Agostini @gsagostini.bsky.social · 5d
Our paper “Inferring fine-grained migration patterns across the United States” is now out in @natcomms.nature.com! We released a new, highly granular migration dataset. 1/9

Reposted by Mor Naaman

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 5d
Curious re: who is using paid ads to shape your thinking re: politics & social issues on Facebook & Instagram? We've an app for that. PoliDashboard Unveils 25 New Country-Specific Dashboards, Advancing Global Transparency in Political Advertising on Meta Platforms. socialmedialab.ca/2026/02/04/p...
PoliDashboard Unveils 25 New Country-Specific Dashboards, Advancing Global Transparency in Political Advertising on Meta Platform - Social Media Lab
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 4, 2026 Toronto, Ontario — In the wake of recent reports highlighting the prevalence of fraudulent advertisements on Meta-owned platforms (Tech Transparency Project) and ...
socialmedialab.ca

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 6d
Betteridge's law of headlines alert, but solid analysis and actual data: there was an actual outage, it seems.

Nevertheless, researchers should have better access.

Reposted by Mor Naaman, John Sides

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Sol Messing @solmg.bsky.social · 6d
Here's the post on Good Authority! Thanks @goodauth.bsky.social @johnsides.bsky.social & Vanessa Lide! goodauthority.org/news/was-the...
Was there censorship on TikTok after the U.S. takeover?
A TikTok outage more likely explains recent anomalies – there’s no evidence of larger platform changes so far.
goodauthority.org

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 7d
OK now it's really getting quite ridiculous
Polar Bear on a floating piece of ice on the East River, complete with reflection (well done Nano Banana)

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 7d
AAUP heros.

"the Gold Card program allows visas to be bought, and... takes visas away from the people to whom federal statute specifies they should be awarded—
scientists and engineers, physicians, researchers, and other accomplished individuals whose
admission would substantially benefit the US"
aaup.org AAUP @aaup.org · 7d
BREAKING: the AAUP and @democracydefendersfund.org filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump admin's “Gold Card” visa program, which unlawfully sells US residency to wealthy individuals while pushing aside scientists, researchers, engineers, and other outstanding professionals.

Read more below👇
AAUP Files Lawsuit Challenging Gold Card Visa Program as a Pay-to-Play Scheme
The AAUP and a group of immigrant researchers and professionals today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s “Gold Card” visa program, which unlawfully sells US residency to we...
www.aaup.org

Reposted by Mor Naaman

aaup.org
AAUP @aaup.org · 7d
BREAKING: the AAUP and @democracydefendersfund.org filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump admin's “Gold Card” visa program, which unlawfully sells US residency to wealthy individuals while pushing aside scientists, researchers, engineers, and other outstanding professionals.

Read more below👇
AAUP Files Lawsuit Challenging Gold Card Visa Program as a Pay-to-Play Scheme
The AAUP and a group of immigrant researchers and professionals today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s “Gold Card” visa program, which unlawfully sells US residency to we...
www.aaup.org

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 7d
Well this was Harvard's doing:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
Billionaire Trump Ally Emerges as Key Broker in Harvard Fight
www.nytimes.com

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 8d
But what does Yuval Noah Harari say?
emollick.bsky.social Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 8d
A pretty bold comment in Nature written by linguists, computer scientists and philosophers declaring that AGI has been achieved.

"By reasonable standards, including Turing’s own, we have artificial systems that are generally intelligent. The long-standing problem of creating AGI has been solved."

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Mor Naaman, Simon J. Greenhill

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 8d
A pretty bold comment in Nature written by linguists, computer scientists and philosophers declaring that AGI has been achieved.

"By reasonable standards, including Turing’s own, we have artificial systems that are generally intelligent. The long-standing problem of creating AGI has been solved."