Aim & Scope

As digital ecosystems become increasingly influential in shaping public discourse and facilitating the rapid global dissemination of content, they also pose pressing challenges – particularly the spread of unverified information often driven by personal opinions and beliefs. This growing prevalence of misinformation contributes to the erosion of public trust and threatens social and political stability, underscoring the urgent need for sustainable AI-driven approaches to detect, understand, and mitigate online information disorder.


This workshop aims to bring together interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners to explore innovative AI-driven solutions that combat the growing challenges of misinformation, disinformation, and online manipulation. Particular emphasis will be placed on contributions concerning misinformation handling and user behaviour modeling on the Web, recognizing the importance of understanding how individuals interact with and propagate information online. Emphasizing sustainability, the workshop will spotlight approaches that not only ensure effectiveness and fairness but also minimize environmental and social impact.

Call for Papers

Important dates

  • Submission deadline: June 10, 2026 June 28, 2026
  • Notification: July 10, 2026 July 15, 2026
  • Camera-ready: July 25, 2026

Topics of interest

As digital ecosystems become increasingly influential in shaping public discourse and facilitating the rapid global dissemination of content, they also pose pressing challenges – particularly the spread of unverified information often driven by personal opinions and beliefs. This growing prevalence of misinformation contributes to the erosion of public trust and threatens social and political stability, underscoring the urgent need for sustainable AI-driven approaches to detect, understand, and mitigate online information disorder.


This workshop aims to bring together interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners to explore innovative AI-driven solutions that combat the growing challenges of misinformation, disinformation, and online manipulation. Emphasizing sustainability, the workshop will spotlight approaches that not only ensure effectiveness and fairness but also minimize environmental and social impact.


Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Misinformation and disinformation detection and mitigation
  • Multimodal Fake News Detection
  • Coordinated inauthentic behavior and Information Operations
  • Content moderation strategies
  • Online Knowledge Manipulation
  • User behavior and engagement modeling
  • Measuring and mitigating polarization
  • Detecting and mitigating online extremism and propaganda
  • Trust, influence and community dynamics
  • Emotion, personality and identity in online discourse
  • Influencer identification and community detection for movements
  • Human-AI Feedback Loops
  • Societies of LLMs and experimental LLMs studies
  • Dataset and resources for studying Online Information Operations
Sustainability Focus: Submissions are especially encouraged to highlight green approaches - including energy-efficient methods, low-resource algorithms, and environmentally sustainable practices - in addressing the listed topics.


Instruction for submission

The workshop welcomes full research papers, but also discussion papers that have already been presented at a conference or published in a journal, and demo papers including experimental research, case studies and student research papers. Submitted papers will undergo a peer-review process, coordinated by the International Program Committee. We suggest that workshop papers be prepared and submitted in the Springer LNCS format) All accepted new contributions will be published in a companion volume of the main conference.

Workshop Program

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Talk

Matteo Magnani

Invited Speaker

Matteo Magnani is Professor of Data Science at Uppsala University, where he leads the Uppsala Information Laboratory and teaches Social Data Mining. His research is at the intersection between computer andΒ  social science, with a focus on (multilayer) social network analysis, social media, visual political communication, and social cybersecurity.

Organizers

Francesco Scala

Program Chair Organizer

Liliana Martirano

Program Chair Organizer

Marco Minici

Program Chair Organizer

Roberto Interdonato

Organizer

Luca Luceri

Organizer

Sergio Flesca

Organizer


Program commitee members

Angelica Liguori (ICAR-CNR, Italy)
Domenico Mandaglio (University of Calabria, Italy)
Lorenzo Mannocci (University of Pisa, Italy)
Lucio La Cava (University of Calabria, Italy)
Luca Ferragina (University of Calabria, Italy)
Martino Ciaperoni (Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy)
Mathieu Roche (CIRAD - UMR TETIS, France)
Remy Decoupes (INRAE - UMR TETIS, France)
Salvatore Citraro (ISTI-CNR, Italy)
Giovanni Palermo (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain)

Latest news

  • Website online - 04/03/2026
  • Added Invited Speaker and institutions - 17/03/2026
  • Added link to the submission platform - 27/03/2026
  • Added PC members and extended deadline submissions - 11/06/2026