Application of Graph Theory to Social Media Fraud Detection and Content Moderation
Concepts from graph theory are often useful in considering things like fraud detection and content moderation in social media networks. For example, the principle of triadic closure is used in efforts to identify fraudulent social media actors. According to the principle of triadic closure, a connection tends to form between two contacts of a node. […]
Game Theory and Bribery
Bribery is a ubiquitous problem and an illegal act that often causes social instability. The formal definition of bribery is the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of someone who is in charge of public or legal duty. Harassment bribes refer to “speed money” that are bribes […]
Kleptoparasitism and Game Theory
While game theory is commonly approached and studied among humans, it also plays a massive role in the behavior and decisions of animals as well. This is especially true as animals gauge their best chance of survival: as with the occurrence of kleptoparasitism, or when animals take food “belonging” to another animal. This activity is […]
How Digital Platform Giants Trap Consumers & Content Creators
https://theconversation.com/getting-news-from-facebook-and-google-is-convenient-but-it-comes-at-great-collective-cost-155720 Digital platform giants rule the internet as we know it. From letting us know about a thunderstorm in advance to giving us live coverage of an important election, tech behemoths the likes of Facebook and Google know no bounds in the depths they continue to reach in sinking their talons into every aspect of […]
Think Before you Swipe: A Game Theory Approach to Online Dating
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing measures that have become the new norm across the globe, the “cost” of dating has dramatically increased in the sense that it takes a lot more effort to date someone since the number of people one may be dating has decreased. It is interesting to […]
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