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CyberSafety and Democracy
We have helped pioneer the
emerging field of cybersafety, which seeks to conduct
research to make the Internet safer for its
users. Misbehavior on the Internet includes
cyberbullying, and the spread of disinformation and
fake news. Towards this end, we have:
- Co-founded the CU
CyberSafety Research Center. Go to
that link to find our latest publications on
cyberbullying and flasher detection, data sets
for cyberbullying and information about the ACM
CyberSafety Workshop.
We have expanded the definition of cybersafety to
include threats to democracy posed by the
Internet. As a result we have:
- Co-founded the Colorado
Research Center for Democracy and Technology,
consisting of about 20 interdisciplinary faculty
and growing. Our research projects in this
space include understanding the role of critical
thinking in the voting decisions of the
electorate, machine learning-based detection of
fake activism, and integrating cybersafety into
CS undergraduate education.
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