1 code implementation • 10 Jul 2023 • Faisal Alatawi, Paras Sheth, Huan Liu
To facilitate measuring distances between users, we propose EchoGAE, a self-supervised graph autoencoder-based user embedding model that leverages users' posts and the interaction graph to embed them in a manner that reflects their ideological similarity.
no code implementations • 14 Jul 2020 • Kai Shu, Amrita Bhattacharjee, Faisal Alatawi, Tahora Nazer, Kaize Ding, Mansooreh Karami, Huan Liu
The creation, dissemination, and consumption of disinformation and fabricated content on social media is a growing concern, especially with the ease of access to such sources, and the lack of awareness of the existence of such false information.
no code implementations • 9 Dec 2021 • Faisal Alatawi, Lu Cheng, Anique Tahir, Mansooreh Karami, Bohan Jiang, Tyler Black, Huan Liu
These mechanisms could be manifested in two forms: (1) the bias of social media's recommender systems and (2) internal biases such as confirmation bias and homophily.