[LOGOS] Next Talk, 3/14 2pm, Prof. Jeremy Blackburn

[Emiliano De Cristofaro]

Hi Folks,

I'm sick so I will join the call from home tomorrow. Everyone else is
welcome to use WCH 203 of course -- if your UCR ID doesn't unlock the door,
you should be able to get a key from either CSE or BCOE lobbies (3rd and
4th floor of WCH, respectively).

Cheers,

--
Prof. Emiliano De Cristofaro
Computer Science and Engineering
University of California, Riverside
https://emilianodc.com


On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM Emiliano De Cristofaro <
emilianodc at cs.ucr.edu> wrote:

> Dear Logorithms,
>
> The next meetup will feature an online talk by Prof. Jeremy Blackburn
> (SUNY Binghamton), please see details below
>
> Cheers,
> Emiliano
>
>
> TITLE
> Understanding the Prominence of Alternative Social Media Platforms
>
> SPEAKER
> Prof. Jeremy Blackburn
> Binghamton University
>
> WHEN/WHERE
> Fri, March 14, 2pm
> In-Person: WCH 203
> Zoom:
> https://ucr.zoom.us/j/98664053204?pwd=quPIPmylgJjHap4VkzPnaaVKk1ndi6.1
>
> ABSTRACT
> While social media and the Web have become societally ubiquitous, not all
> of their impact has been positive. The geographic and temporal barriers
> that social media has removed from our ability to share ideas and
> information also enabled fringe ideologies and communities to grow in
> unprecedented fashion. In this talk, I will explore how fringe online
> communities have evolved from isolated groups on mainstream social media
> platforms to quickly building out their own, alternative social media
> platforms.
>
> I will demonstrate that even though these new platforms are relatively
> small and not as featureful as the mainstream platforms they emulate, they
> provide an environment that allows not just the proliferation, but
> sustainability of fringe communities. In particular, I will discuss how
> approximate technical equivalents to multi-modal mainstream social media
> platforms have become enclaves for content creators that have been banned
> from the mainstream platforms they were born in, and have clearly
> distinguishable differences in terms of content. I will also discuss how
> fringe platforms, while enabling free and open discussion, also harbor
> dangerous communities that espouse harmful, and sometimes violent, rhetoric.
>
> BIO
> Jeremy Blackburn is an Associate Professor in the School of Computing at
> Binghamton University and Founding Director of the Binghamton University
> Institute for AI and Society. His largest line of work has to do with
> understanding jerks on the Internet. His award winning research into
> understanding toxic behavior, hate speech, and fringe and extremist Web
> communities has been covered in the press by the likes of The Washington
> Post, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal, among others.
>
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