Robert West

DLAB, IC, EPFL. Profile page

Robert West is mapped on the EPFL MDH Research Landscape for work on misinformation, disinformation, targeted harm and hate speech. 22 of their works are recorded here.

Works recorded here

• On the Conversational Persuasiveness of Large Language Models: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  publication, 2025, direct MDH relevance
• From Model Training to Model Raising
  publication, 2026, adjacent MDH relevance
• Can Language Models Recognize Convincing Arguments?
  publication, 2024, direct MDH relevance
• A Logical Fallacy-Informed Framework for Argument Generation
  publication, 2025, adjacent MDH relevance
• Auditing Radicalization Pathways on YouTube
  publication, 2019, direct MDH relevance
• Message Distortion in Information Cascades
  publication, 2019, direct MDH relevance
• Analyzing the "Sleeping Giants" Activism Model in Brazil
  publication, 2022, direct MDH relevance
• Deplatforming Norm-Violating Influencers on Social Media Reduces Overall Online Attention Toward Them
  publication, 2025, direct MDH relevance
• Can online attention signals help fact-checkers fact-check?
  publication, 2022, direct MDH relevance
• A Glitch in the Matrix? Locating and Detecting Language Model Grounding with Fakepedia
  publication, 2024, adjacent MDH relevance
• Automated Content Moderation Increases Adherence to Community Guidelines
  publication, 2023, direct MDH relevance
• Linguistic effects on news headline success: Evidence from thousands of online field experiments
  publication, 2023, adjacent MDH relevance
• Post Guidance for Online Communities
  publication, 2025, adjacent MDH relevance
• Protection from Evil and Good: The Differential Effects of Page Protection on Wikipedia Article Quality
  publication, 2025, adjacent MDH relevance
• Stranger Danger! Cross-Community Interactions with Fringe Users Increase the Growth of Fringe Communities on Reddit
  publication, 2023, direct MDH relevance
• The AI Alignment Paradox
  publication, 2024, adjacent MDH relevance
• The Amplification Paradox in Recommender Systems
  publication, 2023, direct MDH relevance
• Tube2Vec: Social and Semantic Embeddings of YouTube Channels
  publication, 2023, infrastructure MDH relevance
• A narrowing window to understand AI
  publication, 2026, adjacent MDH relevance
• Deplatforming did not decrease Parler users' activity on fringe social media
  publication, 2023, direct MDH relevance
• Causally estimating the effect of YouTube's recommender system using counterfactual bots
  publication, 2024, adjacent MDH relevance
• Does Content Moderation Lead Users Away from Fringe Movements? Evidence from a Recovery Community
  publication, 2025, direct MDH relevance

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Part of the EPFL MDH Research Landscape, a map of research at EPFL on misinformation, disinformation and hate speech. The whole dataset is at data.json and in one readable file at mdh-landscape.md.