Francesco Pierri

91 papers A 8B 1Journal 65Unranked 15
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
A longitudinal analysis of misinformation, polarization and toxicity on Bluesky after its public launch.
Online Soc. Networks Media
Gianluca Nogara, Erfan Samieyan Sahneh, Matthew DeVerna, Nick Liu, Luca Luceri, Filippo Menczer, Francesco Pierri, Silvia Giordano
2026 J jnl
From Content to Audience: A Multimodal Annotation Framework for Broadcast Television Analytics.
CoRR
Paolo Cupini, Francesco Pierri
2026 J jnl
Misinformation Exposure in the Chinese Web: A Cross-System Evaluation of Search Engines, LLMs, and AI Overviews.
CoRR
Geng Liu, Junjie Mu, Li Feng, Mengxiao Zhu, Francesco Pierri
2026 J jnl
Overreliance on AI in Information-seeking from Video Content.
CoRR
Anders Giovanni Møller, Elisa Bassignana, Francesco Pierri, Luca Maria Aiello
2025 J jnl
A Conceptual Map for Exploring the Landscape of Large Language Models.
IEEE Access
Francesco Pierri, Anna Bernasconi, Flavio Giobergia, Claudio Savelli, Elena Baralis, Luca Cagliero, Stefano Ceri
2025 J jnl
A data-driven analysis of the impact of non-compliant individuals on epidemic diffusion in urban settings.
CoRR
Fabio Mazza, Marco Brambilla, Carlo Piccardi, Francesco Pierri
2025 J jnl
A longitudinal analysis of misinformation, polarization and toxicity on Bluesky after its public launch.
CoRR
Gianluca Nogara, Erfan Samieyan Sahneh, Matthew R. DeVerna, Nick Liu, Luca Luceri, Filippo Menczer, Francesco Pierri, Silvia Giordano
2025 J jnl
Analyzing the Safety of Japanese Large Language Models in Stereotype-Triggering Prompts.
CoRR
Akito Nakanishi, Yukie Sano, Geng Liu, Francesco Pierri
2025 — conf
Can I Introduce My Boyfriend to My Grandmother? Evaluating Large Language Models Capabilities on Iranian Social Norm Classification.
NAACL (Findings)
Hamidreza Saffari, Mohammadamin Shafiei, Donya Rooein, Francesco Pierri, Debora Nozza
2025 J jnl
Comparing diversity, negativity, and stereotypes in Chinese-language AI technologies: an investigation of Baidu, Ernie and Qwen.
PeerJ Comput. Sci.
Geng Liu, Carlo Alberto Bono, Francesco Pierri
2025 — conf
Conspiracy Theories and Where to Find Them on TikTok.
ACL (1)
Francesco Corso, Francesco Pierri, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales
2025 J jnl
Do Androids Dream of Unseen Puppeteers? Probing for a Conspiracy Mindset in Large Language Models.
CoRR
Francesco Corso, Francesco Pierri, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales
2025 J jnl
Early linguistic fingerprints of online users who engage with conspiracy communities.
CoRR
Francesco Corso, Giuseppe Russo, Francesco Pierri, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales
2025 J jnl
Effects of Algorithmic Visibility on Conspiracy Communities: Reddit after Epstein's 'Suicide'.
CoRR
Asja Attanasio, Francesco Corso, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales, Francesco Pierri
2025 J jnl
Evaluating AI capabilities in detecting conspiracy theories on YouTube.
CoRR
Leonardo La Rocca, Francesco Corso, Francesco Pierri
2025 J jnl
Evaluating Prompt-Driven Chinese Large Language Models: The Influence of Persona Assignment on Stereotypes and Safeguards.
CoRR
Geng Liu, Li Feng, Carlo Alberto Bono, Songbo Yang, Mengxiao Zhu, Francesco Pierri
2025 J jnl
Evaluating open-source Large Language Models for automated fact-checking.
CoRR
Nicoló Fontana, Francesco Corso, Enrico Zuccolotto, Francesco Pierri
2025 A conf
Nicer than Humans: How Do Large Language Models Behave in the Prisoner's Dilemma?
ICWSM
Nicoló Fontana, Francesco Pierri, Luca Maria Aiello
2025 J jnl
Probing Social Identity Bias in Chinese LLMs with Gendered Pronouns and Social Groups.
CoRR
Geng Liu, Feng Li, Junjie Mu, Mengxiao Zhu, Francesco Pierri
2025 — ed.
Proceedings of the 4th Italian Conference on Big Data and Data Science - Workshops (ITADATA-WS 2025), Turin, Italy, September 9-11, 2025.
ITADATA-WS
Francesco Pierri, Valentina Cesare, Gianluca Mittone, Bruno Casella, Alberto Vecchiato, Stefano Cirillo, Eliana Pastor, Serena Tardelli
2025 J jnl
Research Opportunities and Challenges of the EU's Digital Services Act.
CoRR
Francesco Pierri, Theo B. Araujo, Sanne Kruikemeier, Philipp Lorenz-Spreen, Mariek M. P. Vanden Abeele, Laura Vandenbosch, Joana Gonçalves-Sá, Przemyslaw A. Grabowicz
2025 J jnl
Self-moderation in the decentralized era: decoding blocking behavior on Bluesky.
CoRR
Carlo Bono, Nick Liu, Giuseppe Russo, Francesco Pierri
2025 J jnl
Simulating Online Social Media Conversations on Controversial Topics Using AI Agents Calibrated on Real-World Data.
CoRR
Elisa Composta, Nicoló Fontana, Francesco Corso, Francesco Pierri
2025 J jnl
The Role of AI Agents for Online Information Disorders.
XRDS
Francesco Pierri
2025 J jnl
Towards an Automated Framework to Audit Youth Safety on TikTok.
CoRR
Linda Xue, Francesco Corso, Nicoló Fontana, Geng Liu, Stefano Ceri, Francesco Pierri
2025 A conf
Toxic Bias: Perspective API Misreads German as More Toxic.
ICWSM
Gianluca Nogara, Francesco Pierri, Stefano Cresci, Luca Luceri, Petter Törnberg, Silvia Giordano
2024 — conf
A Longitudinal Study of Italian and French Reddit Conversations Around the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
WebSci
Francesco Corso, Giuseppe Russo, Francesco Pierri
2024 J jnl
A Longitudinal Study of Italian and French Reddit Conversations Around the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
CoRR
Francesco Corso, Giuseppe Russo, Francesco Pierri
2024 J jnl
A comparison of online search engine autocompletion in Google and Baidu.
CoRR
Geng Liu, Pietro Pinoli, Stefano Ceri, Francesco Pierri
2024 — conf
An Exploration of Decentralized Moderation on Mastodon.
WebSci
Carlo Alberto Bono, Lucio La Cava, Luca Luceri, Francesco Pierri
2024 J jnl
Comparing diversity, negativity, and stereotypes in Chinese-language AI technologies: a case study on Baidu, Ernie and Qwen.
CoRR
Geng Liu, Carlo Alberto Bono, Francesco Pierri
2024 J jnl
Computational approaches for cyber social threats.
EPJ Data Sci.
Francesco Pierri, Matthew R. DeVerna, Kai-Cheng Yang, Jeremy Blackburn, Ugur Kursuncu
2024 J jnl
Conspiracy theories and where to find them on TikTok.
CoRR
Francesco Corso, Francesco Pierri, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales
2024 J jnl
Drivers of hate speech in political conversations on Twitter: the case of the 2022 Italian general election.
EPJ Data Sci.
Francesco Pierri
2024 J jnl
Information diffusion assumptions can distort our understanding of social network dynamics.
CoRR
Matthew R. DeVerna, Francesco Pierri, Rachith Aiyappa, Diogo Pacheco, John Bryden, Filippo Menczer
2024 — conf
Misinformation and Polarization around COVID-19 vaccines in France, Germany, and Italy.
WebSci
Gianluca Nogara, Francesco Pierri, Stefano Cresci, Luca Luceri, Silvia Giordano
2024 J jnl
Misinformation and Polarization around COVID-19 vaccines in France, Germany, and Italy.
CoRR
Gianluca Nogara, Francesco Pierri, Stefano Cresci, Luca Luceri, Silvia Giordano
2024 J jnl
Modeling the amplification of epidemic spread by misinformed populations.
CoRR
Matthew R. DeVerna, Francesco Pierri, Yong-Yeol Ahn, Santo Fortunato, Alessandro Flammini, Filippo Menczer
2024 J jnl
Nicer Than Humans: How do Large Language Models Behave in the Prisoner's Dilemma?
CoRR
Nicoló Fontana, Francesco Pierri, Luca Maria Aiello
2024 J jnl
PSN: Persian Social Norms Dataset for Cross-Cultural AI.
CoRR
Hamidreza Saffari, Mohammadamin Shafiei, Francesco Pierri
2024 — conf
The Dawn of Decentralized Social Media: An Exploration of Bluesky's Public Opening.
ASONAM (1)
Erfan Samieyan Sahneh, Gianluca Nogara, Matthew R. DeVerna, Nick Liu, Luca Luceri, Filippo Menczer, Francesco Pierri, Silvia Giordano
2024 J jnl
The Dawn of Decentralized Social Media: An Exploration of Bluesky's Public Opening.
CoRR
Erfan Samieyan Sahneh, Gianluca Nogara, Matthew R. DeVerna, Nick Liu, Luca Luceri, Filippo Menczer, Francesco Pierri, Silvia Giordano
2024 — conf
Towards an Explorable Conceptual Map of Large Language Models.
CAiSE Forum
Lorenzo Bertetto, Francesca Bettinelli, Alessio Buda, Marco Da Mommio, Simone Di Bari, Claudio Savelli, Elena Baralis, Anna Bernasconi, Luca Cagliero, Stefano Ceri, Francesco Pierri
2024 — conf
What we can learn from TikTok through its Research API.
WebSci (Companion)
Francesco Corso, Francesco Pierri, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales
2024 J jnl
What we can learn from TikTok through its Research API.
CoRR
Francesco Corso, Francesco Pierri, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales
2023 A conf
A Multi-Platform Collection of Social Media Posts about the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections.
ICWSM
Rachith Aiyappa, Matthew R. DeVerna, Manita Pote, Bao Tran Truong, Wanying Zhao, David Axelrod, Aria Pessianzadeh, Zoher Kachwala, Munjung Kim, Ozgur Can Seckin, Minsuk Kim, Sunny Gandhi, Amrutha Manikonda, Francesco Pierri, Filippo Menczer, Kai-Cheng Yang
2023 J jnl
A multi-platform collection of social media posts about the 2022 U.S. midterm elections.
CoRR
Matthew R. DeVerna, Rachith Aiyappa, Wanying Zhao, Manita Pote, Bao Tran Truong, David Axelrod, Aria Pessianzadeh, Zoher Kachwala, Munjung Kim, Ozgur Can Seckin, Minsuk Kim, Sunny Gandhi, Amrutha Manikonda, Francesco Pierri, Filippo Menczer, Kai-Cheng Yang
2023 J jnl
Auditing Targeted Political Advertising on Social Media During the 2021 German Election.
CoRR
Dominik Bär, Francesco Pierri, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales, Stefan Feuerriegel
2023 — conf
CySoc 2023: 4th International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats.
WWW (Companion Volume)
Ugur Kursuncu, Kai-Cheng Yang, Francesco Pierri, Matthew R. DeVerna, Yelena Mejova, Jeremy Blackburn
2023 J jnl
How does Twitter account moderation work? Dynamics of account creation and suspension on Twitter during major geopolitical events.
EPJ Data Sci.
Francesco Pierri, Luca Luceri, Emily Chen, Emilio Ferrara
2023 A conf
ITA-ELECTION-2022: A Multi-Platform Dataset of Social Media Conversations Around the 2022 Italian General Election.
CIKM
Francesco Pierri, Geng Liu, Stefano Ceri
2023 J jnl
ITA-ELECTION-2022: A multi-platform dataset of social media conversations around the 2022 Italian general election.
CoRR
Francesco Pierri, Geng Liu, Stefano Ceri
2023 A conf
Identifying and Characterizing Behavioral Classes of Radicalization within the QAnon Conspiracy on Twitter.
ICWSM
Emily L. Wang, Luca Luceri, Francesco Pierri, Emilio Ferrara
2023 J jnl
Online Networks of Support in Distressed Environments: Solidarity and Mobilization during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
CoRR
Jinyi Ye, Nikhil Jindal, Francesco Pierri, Luca Luceri
2023 — conf
Political advertisement on Facebook and Instagram in the run up to 2022 Italian general election.
WebSci
Francesco Pierri
2023 J jnl
Predicting economic resilience of territories in Italy during the COVID-19 first lockdown.
Expert Syst. Appl.
Francesco Pierri, Francesco Scotti, Giovanni Bonaccorsi, Andrea Flori, Fabio Pammolli
2023 — conf
Propaganda and Misinformation on Facebook and Twitter during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
WebSci
Francesco Pierri, Luca Luceri, Nikhil Jindal, Emilio Ferrara
2023 — conf
Retrieving false claims on Twitter during the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
WWW (Companion Volume)
Valerio La Gatta, Chiyu Wei, Luca Luceri, Francesco Pierri, Emilio Ferrara
2023 J jnl
Retrieving false claims on Twitter during the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
CoRR
Valerio La Gatta, Chiyu Wei, Luca Luceri, Francesco Pierri, Emilio Ferrara
2023 J jnl
Toxic Bias: Perspective API Misreads German as More Toxic.
CoRR
Gianluca Nogara, Francesco Pierri, Stefano Cresci, Luca Luceri, Petter Törnberg, Silvia Giordano
2022 — —
Characterization and detection of disinformation spreading in online social networks.
Francesco Pierri
2022 J jnl
How Does Twitter Account Moderation Work? Dynamics of Account Creation and Suspension During Major Geopolitical Events.
CoRR
Francesco Pierri, Luca Luceri, Emilio Ferrara
2022 J jnl
Identifying and Characterizing Behavioral Classes of Radicalization within the QAnon Conspiracy on Twitter.
CoRR
Emily L. Wang, Luca Luceri, Francesco Pierri, Emilio Ferrara
2022 J jnl
One year of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on Twitter.
CoRR
Francesco Pierri, Matthew R. DeVerna, Kai-Cheng Yang, David Axelrod, John Bryden, Filippo Menczer
2022 J jnl
Political advertisement on Facebook and Instagram in the run-up to 2022 Italian general election.
CoRR
Francesco Pierri
2022 J jnl
Propaganda and Misinformation on Facebook and Twitter during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
CoRR
Francesco Pierri, Luca Luceri, Nikhil Jindal, Emilio Ferrara
2022 A conf
VaccinEU: COVID-19 Vaccine Conversations on Twitter in French, German and Italian.
ICWSM
Marco Di Giovanni, Francesco Pierri, Christopher Torres-Lugo, Marco Brambilla
2022 J jnl
VaccinEU: COVID-19 vaccine conversations on Twitter in French, German and Italian.
CoRR
Marco Di Giovanni, Francesco Pierri, Christopher Torres-Lugo, Marco Brambilla
2022 J jnl
What are Your Pronouns? Examining Gender Pronoun Usage on Twitter.
CoRR
Julie Jiang, Emily Chen, Luca Luceri, Goran Muric, Francesco Pierri, Ho-Chun Herbert Chang, Emilio Ferrara
2021 — conf
A Content-based Approach for the Analysis and Classification of Vaccine-related Stances on Twitter: the Italian Scenario.
ICWSM Workshops
Marco Di Giovanni, Lorenzo Corti, Silvio Pavanetto, Francesco Pierri, Andrea Tocchetti, Marco Brambilla
2021 A conf
CoVaxxy: A Collection of English-Language Twitter Posts About COVID-19 Vaccines.
ICWSM
Matthew R. DeVerna, Francesco Pierri, Bao Tran Truong, John Bollenbacher, David Axelrod, Niklas Loynes, Christopher Torres-Lugo, Kai-Cheng Yang, Filippo Menczer, John Bryden
2021 J jnl
CoVaxxy: A global collection of English Twitter posts about COVID-19 vaccines.
CoRR
Matthew DeVerna, Francesco Pierri, Bao Tran Truong, John Bollenbacher, David Axelrod, Niklas Loynes, Christopher Torres-Lugo, Kai-Cheng Yang, Filippo Menczer, John Bryden
2021 J jnl
Information disorders during the COVID-19 infodemic: The case of Italian Facebook.
Online Soc. Networks Media
Stefano Guarino, Francesco Pierri, Marco Di Giovanni, Alessandro Celestini
2021 J jnl
The COVID-19 Infodemic: Twitter versus Facebook.
Big Data Soc.
Kai-Cheng Yang, Francesco Pierri, Pik-Mai Hui, David Axelrod, Christopher Torres-Lugo, John Bryden, Filippo Menczer
2021 J jnl
The impact of online misinformation on U.S. COVID-19 vaccinations.
CoRR
Francesco Pierri, Brea L. Perry, Matthew R. DeVerna, Kai-Cheng Yang, Alessandro Flammini, Filippo Menczer, John Bryden
2021 — conf
VaccinItaly: Monitoring Italian Conversations Around Vaccines On Twitter And Facebook.
ICWSM Workshops
Francesco Pierri, Andrea Tocchetti, Lorenzo Corti, Marco Di Giovanni, Silvio Pavanetto, Marco Brambilla, Stefano Ceri
2021 J jnl
VaccinItaly: monitoring Italian conversations around vaccines on Twitter.
CoRR
Francesco Pierri, Silvio Pavanetto, Marco Brambilla, Stefano Ceri
2020 J jnl
A multi-layer approach to disinformation detection in US and Italian news spreading on Twitter.
EPJ Data Sci.
Francesco Pierri, Carlo Piccardi, Stefano Ceri
2020 J jnl
A multi-layer approach to disinformation detection on Twitter.
CoRR
Francesco Pierri, Carlo Piccardi, Stefano Ceri
2020 J jnl
Evidence of economic segregation from mobility lockdown during COVID-19 epidemic.
CoRR
Giovanni Bonaccorsi, Francesco Pierri, Matteo Cinelli, Francesco Porcelli, Alessandro Galeazzi, Andrea Flori, Ana Lucía Schmidt, Carlo Michele Valensise, Antonio Scala, Walter Quattrociocchi, Fabio Pammolli
2020 J jnl
HoaxItaly: a collection of Italian disinformation and fact-checking stories shared on Twitter in 2019.
CoRR
Francesco Pierri, Alessandro Artoni, Stefano Ceri
2020 J jnl
Human Mobility in Response to COVID-19 in France, Italy and UK.
CoRR
Alessandro Galeazzi, Matteo Cinelli, Giovanni Bonaccorsi, Francesco Pierri, Ana Lucía Schmidt, Antonio Scala, Fabio Pammolli, Walter Quattrociocchi
2020 J jnl
Information disorders on Italian Facebook during COVID-19 infodemic.
CoRR
Alessandro Celestini, Marco Di Giovanni, Stefano Guarino, Francesco Pierri
2020 B conf
Online feelings and sentiments across Italy during pandemic: investigating the influence of socio-economic and epidemiological variables.
ASONAM
Francesco Scotti, Davide Magnanimi, Valeria Maria Urbano, Francesco Pierri
2020 J jnl
The COVID-19 Infodemic: Twitter versus Facebook.
CoRR
Kai-Cheng Yang, Francesco Pierri, Pik-Mai Hui, David Axelrod, Christopher Torres-Lugo, John Bryden, Filippo Menczer
2020 — conf
The Diffusion of Mainstream and Disinformation News on Twitter: The Case of Italy and France.
WWW (Companion Volume)
Francesco Pierri
2019 J jnl
False News On Social Media: A Data-Driven Survey.
CoRR
Francesco Pierri, Stefano Ceri
2019 J jnl
False News On Social Media: A Data-Driven Survey.
SIGMOD Rec.
Francesco Pierri, Stefano Ceri
2019 J jnl
Investigating Italian disinformation spreading on Twitter in the context of 2019 European elections.
CoRR
Francesco Pierri, Alessandro Artoni, Stefano Ceri
2019 A conf
News Sharing User Behaviour on Twitter: A Comprehensive Data Collection of News Articles and Social Interactions.
ICWSM
Giovanni Brena, Marco Brambilla, Stefano Ceri, Marco Di Giovanni, Francesco Pierri, Giorgia Ramponi
2019 J jnl
Topology comparison of Twitter diffusion networks reliably reveals disinformation news.
CoRR
Francesco Pierri, Carlo Piccardi, Stefano Ceri