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Archive: The Battle for Control of Online Communications

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Channel: UW Video · 2014 · Education

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The Internet offers users many opportunities for communicating and exchanging ideas, but abuse, censorship, and the manipulation of Internet traffic have put free and open communication at risk. In this talk, Georgia Tech Associate Professsor, Nick Feamster, will present approaches developed to preserve free and open communication on the Internet in the face of numerous threats. First discussed is the threat of message abuse (e.g., spam) and methods developed for mitigating it. Next, is the development of SNARE, a spam filtering system developed to classifies email messages based on the network-level traffic characteristics of the email messages, rather than their contents, plus an additional system to circumvent censorship.The program wraps with a discussion of the various forms of information manipulation, including the spread of propaganda in social networks and online "filter bubbles", and broader research aimed at improving internet transparency.

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