Scams, Malware and Pseudo-Moderation — the Hidden Side of Social Media

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Jakub Mrugalski uses Facebook as a testbed to investigate how social media enable cybercrime by interviewing fraudsters, executing and analyzing malicious files, and documenting incidents where he loses data and money. The talk demonstrates concrete ways platform features and moderation shortcomings support scams, malware distribution, and pseudo-moderation practices.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 3:33Facebook’s two systems
3. 8:07How scam algorithms work
4. 13:01Blocking and removing ads
5. 17:39Pre- and post-fact moderation
6. 21:54Ad metadata substitution
7. 26:04LinkedIn and fake links
8. 29:15Twitter verification
9. 32:21Scam content analysis
10. 40:01Browser data theft
11. 42:31Summary and advice

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