Academic Publications
- Benjamin Shultz. 2024. An Entity-Aware Approach to Logical Fallacy Detection in Kremlin Social Media Content. In Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM '23), 780–783. DOI: 10.1145/3625007.3627988
- Benjamin Shultz. 2023. In the Spotlight: The Russian Government's Use of Official Twitter Accounts to Influence Discussions About its War in Ukraine. In Proceedings of the 2nd ACM International Workshop on Multimedia AI against Disinformation (MAD '23), 45–51. DOI: 10.1145/3592572.3592843
Other Publications & Op-Eds
- Benjamin Shultz & Ksenia Vakhruseva. We Need to Talk About Russia’s Arctic Information Offensive. The Moscow Times.
- Benjamin Shultz. The Global Decline of Research Communications in the Disinformation Field. Elephant in the Lab.
- Alexios Mantzarlis & Benjamin Shultz. Meta ran 4,000 more ads for AI nudifiers. That may not be the worst part. Indicator Media.
- Benjamin Shultz. Defending Europe’s Disinformation Researchers. Humboldt Institute for Internet & Society.
- Nina Jankowicz & Benjamin Shultz. Tracking the Weaponization of America's Political System in Favor of Disinformation—And Its Export Abroad. Tech Policy Press.
- Benjamin Shultz. Is the Metaverse Still the Future of Digital Governance in the Post-COVID World? Public Administration Times Online.
- Benjamin Shultz. Enhancing Local Government Administration With Large Language Models: A Test Using ChatGPT. Public Administration Times Online.
- Benjamin Shultz. Addressing the Impacts of Election Denialism on Local Government. Public Administration Times Online.
- Benjamin Shultz. Meme Warfare: What Western Governments Can Learn from the NAFO Alliance. International Policy Digest.
- Jared Ettinger, et al., Benjamin Shultz. Antisemitic Hate Groups: Associated Narratives, Entities, Infrastructures, Sentiments, and Emotions. Carnegie Mellon University.
Policy Reports
- Benjamin Shultz & Isaac Brickman. How many LLM users are exposed to Russian propaganda? American Sunlight Project.
- Benjamin Shultz & Tore Andre Kjetland Fjeldsbø. EcoBoost: An environmentally focused Russian influence network targets Norway. American Sunlight Project & Bellona Foundation.
- Benjamin Shultz. Nudifying Apps on Meta Platforms Are Violating EU Transparency Rules. American Sunlight Project.
- Benjamin Shultz. The Romanian Far-Right Received a Massive Boost from MAGA on X. American Sunlight Project.
- Benjamin Shultz. EcoBoost: A malign influence network targeting the tech and environmental sectors in Western democracies. American Sunlight Project.
- E. Rosalie Li, Benjamin Shultz & Nina Jankowicz. Deepfake Porn Goes to Washington: Measuring the prevalence of AI-generated non-consensual intimate imagery targeting Congress. American Sunlight Project.
- Benjamin Shultz. Sleeper Agents: Uncovering a decade-old, global network of suspicious adversarial accounts spreading Russian propaganda and other divisive content. American Sunlight Project.