Keith Burghardt
· Part-Time Lecturer of Computer ScienceVerifiedUniversity of Southern California · Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Active 2010–2024
Research topics
- Computer Science
- Social psychology
- Marketing
- Accounting
- Business
- Psychology
- Internet privacy
- Advertising
Selected publications
Auditing Elon Musk’s Impact on Hate Speech and Bots
Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media · 2023 · 71 citations
Senior authorCorresponding- Computer Science
- Advertising
- Psychology
On October 27th, 2022, Elon Musk purchased Twitter, becoming its new CEO and firing many top executives in the process. Musk listed fewer restrictions on content moderation and removal of spam bots among his goals for the platform. Given findings of prior research on moderation and hate speech in online communities, the promise of less strict content moderation poses the concern that hate will rise on Twitter. We examine the levels of hate speech and prevalence of bots before and after Musk's acquisition of the platform. We find that hate speech rose dramatically upon Musk purchasing Twitter and the prevalence of most types of bots increased, while the prevalence of astroturf bots decreased.
Frequent coauthors
- 100 shared
Kristina Lerman
- 21 shared
Johannes Uhl
- 21 shared
Emilio Ferrara
- 15 shared
Goran Murić
- 15 shared
Allon G. Percus
Claremont Graduate University
- 13 shared
Stefan Leyk
University of Colorado Boulder
- 13 shared
Yuzi He
University of Southern California
- 10 shared
Siyi Guo
Education
- 2016
PhD in Physics, Physics
University of Maryland
- 2012
B.S. in Physics, Physics
University of Maryland
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