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16th WebSci 2025: New Brunswick, NJ, USA
- Proceedings of the 17th ACM Web Science Conference 2025, Websci 2025, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, May 20-24, 2025. ACM 2025, ISBN 979-8-4007-1483-2

Session 1: Digital Identity & Social Systems
- Ines Abbes

, Maurantonio Caprolu
, Roberto Di Pietro
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Early Detection of DDoS Attacks via Online Social Networks Analysis. 1-11 - Paramita Das

, Sai Keerthana Karnam
, Aditya Bharat Soni
, Animesh Mukherjee
:
Social Biases in Knowledge Representations of Wikidata separates Global North from Global South. 12-21 - Xinhui Chen

, Dominic DiFranzo
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Unpacking the Dilemma: The Dual Impact of AI Instructors' Social Presence on Learners' Perceived Learning and Satisfaction, Mediated by the Uncanny Valley. 22-31 - Ben Treves

, Emiliano De Cristofaro
, Yue Dong
, Michalis Faloutsos
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VIKI: Systematic Cross-Platform Profile Inference of Tech Users. 32-41
Session 2: Content Analysis & User Narratives
- Jessica Costa

, Geovana Oliveira
, Guilherme Fonseca
, Davi Reis
, Giancarlo Oliveira Teixeira
, Washington Cunha
, Leonardo Rocha
, Carlos H. G. Ferreira
:
Characterizing YouTube's Role in Online Gambling Promotion: A Case Study of Fortune Tiger in Brazil. 42-51 - Aria Pessianzadeh

, Rezvaneh Rezapour
:
Exploring Stance on Affirmative Action Through Reddit Narratives. 52-63 - Tejasvi Chebrolu

, Ponnurangam Kumaraguru
, Ashwin Rajadesingan
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How Personal Narratives Empower Politically Disinclined Individuals to Engage in Political Discussions. 64-74 - Muhammad Usman

, Wolf-Tilo Balke
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Scientific Accountability: Detecting Salient Features of Retracted Articles. 75-85
Session 3: Networked Economics
- Junyu Zhang

, Chenyu Zhou
, Wei Cai
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Decentralization Funded by Centralization: Understanding Crypto Joint-Investment Network. 86-95 - Hongzhou Chen

, Xiaolin Duan
, Abdulmotaleb El-Saddik
, Wei Cai
:
Political Leanings in Web3 Betting: Decoding the Interplay of Political and Profitable Motives. 96-105 - Yueyao Li

, Nanjun Yao
, Yuhui Huo
, Wei Cai
:
Trust Dynamics and Bot-Driven Responses: An Approach to Rug Pulls in Solana Meme Coin Markets. 106-116 - Junyu Zhang

, Huiyu Wang
, Wei Cai
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Understanding Social Capital in Decentralized Social Platform: An Empirical Study on Friend.tech. 117-126
Session 4: Media Credibility & Bias
- Kai-Cheng Yang

, Filippo Menczer
:
Accuracy and Political Bias of News Source Credibility Ratings by Large Language Models. 127-137 - Jessica Zhu

, Michel Cukier
, Iain Cruickshank
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DocNet: Semantic Structure in Inductive Bias Detection Models. 138-147 - Gautam Kishore Shahi

, Oshani Seneviratne
, Marc Spaniol
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SemCAFE: When Named Entities make the Difference-Assessing Web Source Reliability through Entity-level Analytics. 148-157 - Chau Tong

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Unite or divide? Biased search queries and Google Search results in polarized politics. 158-168
Session 5: AI Systems & Human Behavior
- Tunazzina Islam

, Dan Goldwasser
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Can LLMs Assist Annotators in Identifying Morality Frames? - Case Study on Vaccination Debate on Social Media. 169-178 - Manuel Pratelli

, John Bianchi
, Fabio Pinelli
, Marinella Petrocchi
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Evaluation of Reliability Criteria for News Publishers with Large Language Models. 179-188 - Quang Minh Trinh

, Samiha Zarin
, Rezvaneh Rezapour
:
Master of Deceit: Comparative Analysis of Human and Machine-Generated Deceptive Text. 189-198
Session 6: Digital Communication and Mobilization
- Arman Irani

, Ju Yeon Park
, Kevin M. Esterling
, Michalis Faloutsos
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A Discourse Analysis Framework for Legislative and Social Media Debates. 199-209 - Manoel Horta Ribeiro

, Teny Shapiro
, Siddharth Suri
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The Effects of Enterprise Social Media on Communication Networks. 210-219 - Diego Gómez-Zará

, Carolina Perez-Arredondo
, Denis Parra
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The Role of Organizations in Networked Mobilization: Examining the 2011 Chilean Student Movement Through The Logic of Connective Action. 220-230
Session 7: Online Safety & Policy
- Deanna Zarrillo

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Facilitating Gender Diverse Authorship: A Comparative Analysis of Academic Publisher Name Change Policies. 231-237 - Tessa Masis

, Zhangqi Duan
, Weiai Wayne Xu
, Jane Yeahin Pyo
, Ethan Zuckerman
, Brendan T. O'Connor
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Multilingualism, Transnationality, and K-pop in the Online #StopAsianHate Movement. 238-248 - Kritika Garg

, Sawood Alam
, Dietrich Ayala
, Michele C. Weigle
, Michael L. Nelson
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Not Here, Go There: Analyzing Redirection Patterns on the Web. 249-260 - Mohammad Namvarpour

, Elham Aghakhani
, Michael D. Ekstrand
, Rezvaneh Rezapour
, Afsaneh Razi
:
The Evolving Landscape of Youth Online Safety: Insights from News Media Analysis. 261-271
Session 8: Political Discourse & Platform Moderation
- Arthur Buzelin

, Pedro Robles Dutenhefner
, Marcelo Sartori Locatelli
, Samira Malaquias
, Pedro Bento
, Yan Aquino
, Lucas Dayrell
, Victoria Estanislau
, Caio Santana
, Pedro Alzamora
, Marisa Vasconcelos
, Wagner Meira Jr.
, Virgílio A. F. Almeida:
Analyzing Political Discourse on Discord during the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. 272-282 - Franz Xaver Waltenberger

, Angelina Voggenreiter
, Jürgen Pfeffer:
Digital Sabotage and Inter-Community Dynamics: An Empirical Examination of Reddit's 2023 Moderator Strike. 283-293 - Tejasvi Chebrolu

, Rohan Modepalle
, N. Harsha Vardhan
, Ponnurangam Kumaraguru
, Ashwin Rajadesingan
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Framing the Fray: Conflict Framing in Indian Election News Coverage. 294-305
Session 9: Contemporary Issues in Social Media
- Afia Abedin

, Abdul Bais
, Cody Buntain
, Laura Courchesne
, Brian McQuinn
, Matthew E. Taylor
, Muhib Ullah
:
A Call to Arms: Automated Methods for Identifying Weapons in Social Media Analysis of Conflict Zones. 306-314 - Jacopo D'Ignazi

, Kyriaki Kalimeri
, Mariano Gastón Beiró
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Beyond Sentiment: Examining the Role of Moral Foundations in User Engagement with News on Twitter. 315-325 - Jan Elfes

:
Mapping News Narratives Using LLMs and Narrative-Structured Text Embeddings. 326-337 - Mansi Saxena

, Vaibhav Garg
, Bhaskar Ray
, Aura Mishra
, Munindar P. Singh
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Understanding Narratives of Trauma on Social Media. 338-347
Session 10: Platform Governance & User Safety
- Lucas Raniére Juvino Santos, Leandro Balby Marinho

, Cláudio Elízio Calazans Campelo, Filippo Menczer
, Alessandro Flammini
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Can Large Language Models Effectively Mitigate Polarization in Social Media Text? 348-357 - Michael Brauweiler

, Meher Chaitanya Pindiprolu
, Jürgen Pfeffer, Ulrik Brandes
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Decentralized Discourse: Interaction Dynamics on Mastodon. 358-368 - Luana Assis Silva

, Kênia Carolina Gonçalves
, Humberto T. Marques-Neto
, Jussara M. Almeida
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Is it safe? Analysis of Live Streams Targeted at Kids on Twitch.tv. 369-378 - Gautam Kishore Shahi

, Yelena Mejova
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Too Little, Too Late: Moderation of Misinformation around the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict. 379-390
Poster Session
- Weijiang Li

, Yinmeng Lai
, Sandeep Soni
, Koustuv Saha
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Emails by LLMs: A Comparison of Language in AI-Generated and Human-Written Emails. 391-403 - Isabel Murdock

, Kathleen M. Carley
, Osman Yagan
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Simulating the Effects of Multi-platform Use on Misinformation Diffusion and Countermeasures. 404-412 - Jill P. Naiman

, Aria Pessianzadeh
, Hanyu Zhao
, A. J. Christensen
, Kalina Borkiewicz
, Shriya Srikanth
, Anushka Gami
, Emma Maxwell
, Louisa Zhang
, Sri Nithya Yeragorla
, Rezvaneh Rezapour
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Beyond the Lens: Quantifying the Impact of Scientific Documentaries through Amazon Reviews. 413-424 - Francisco Figueiredo Vasconcelos

, Carlos Henrique Gomes Ferreira
, Alexandre Magno de Sousa
, Jussara M. Almeida
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The Role of Curiosity in Information Dissemination on Telegram: A Case Study from the 2022 Brazilian Elections. 425-436 - Alireza Mohammadinodooshan

, Niklas Carlsson
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Public versus Less-Public News Engagement on Facebook: Patterns Across Bias and Reliability. 437-448 - David Calano

, Michael L. Nelson
, Michele C. Weigle
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GitHub Repository Complexity Leads to Diminished Web Archive Availability. 449-459 - Priyanshul Govil

, Hemang Jain
, Vamshi Bonagiri
, Aman Chadha
, Ponnurangam Kumaraguru
, Manas Gaur
, Sanorita Dey
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COBIAS: Assessing the Contextual Reliability of Bias Benchmarks for Language Models. 460-471 - Maxyn Rose Leitner

, Rebecca Dorn
, Fred Morstatter
, Kristina Lerman
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Characterizing Network Structure of Anti-Trans Actors on TikTok. 472-483 - Huaisheng Zhu

, Tianxiang Zhao
, Zongyu Wu
, Suhang Wang
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SmGNN: Link Prediction in Sparse Layers of Multi-layer Graphs. 484-493 - Celia Chen

, Scotty Beland
, Ingo Burghardt
, Jill Byczek
, William J. Conway
, Eric Cotugno
, Sadaf Davre
, Megan Fletcher
, Rajesh Kumar Gnanasekaran
, Kristin Hamilton
, Jordan Heustis
, Tanaya Jha
, Emily Klein
, Hayden Kramer
, Alex Leitch
, Jessica Perkins
, Casi Sherman
, Celia Sterrn
, Logan Stevens
, Rebecca Zarrella
, Jennifer Golbeck
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Cross-Platform Violence Detection on Social Media: A Dataset and Analysis. 494-498 - Lynnette Hui Xian Ng

, Iain J. Cruickshank
, David Farr
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Building Bridges between Users and Content across Multiple Platforms during Natural Disasters. 499-503 - Michael Achmann-Denkler

, Mario Haim
, Christian Wolff
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GPT-4o for Visual Political Communication: Toward Automated Image Type Analysis. 504-509 - Gian Marco Orlando

, Valerio La Gatta
, Diego Russo
, Vincenzo Moscato
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Can Generative Agent-Based Modeling Replicate the Friendship Paradox in Social Media Simulations? 510-515 - Yuehong Cassandra Tai

, Khushi Navin Patni
, Nicholas Daniel Hemauer
, Bruce A. Desmarais
, Yu-Ru Lin
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GenAI vs. Human Fact-Checkers: Accurate Ratings, Flawed Rationales. 516-521 - Nitheesha Nakka

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An Evaluation of the Google Perspective API by Race and Gender. 522-527 - Patrick Y. Wu

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Using Semantically Unrelated and Opposite Terms for In-Context Learning: A Case Study in Identifying Political Aversion in Tweets. 528-533 - Dheeman Saha

, Afsah Anwar
, Abdullah Mueen
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Internet Censorship through the Lens of Time Series Analysis. 534-539

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