DHOW: Deadline extended - Workshop Diffusion of Harmful Content on the Web @ WebSci 2026 - Deadline 29th March

📬 🌐 ***Call for Papers: DHOW 2026 – Diffusion of Harmful Content on 
the Web** *

https://dhow-workshop.github.io/2026/2/

📍 *Co-located with WebSci 2026 | Braunschweig, Germany | May 26–29, 2026*


✨ We’re excited to announce the extended CFP for the DHOW 2026 workshop!
Join us in tackling one of the most pressing challenges of our digital 
age: the **spread of harmful content across platforms, languages, and 
formats**.

🔍 Why this matters:
With the rise of AI, social media, and global connectivity, harmful 
content — from misinformation 📰 and hate speech 🔥 to deepfakes 🎭 and 
self-harm triggers 🛑 — spreads faster than ever.
But here’s the catch: researchers often study these issues in isolation 
— one platform, one language, one type.
👉 This leads to **"harmful content hopping"** — spreaders move to evade 
detection.

🎯 Our mission?
Bring together diverse research under one umbrella 🤝 to:
- Study **cross-platform, multi-lingual, multimodal** harmful content
- Combine **text, image, audio, and video analysis** 🖼️🔊🎥
- Explore the role of **Generative AI** 🤖 and **Explainable AI** 🧠 in 
detection & defense
- Understand **psychological impacts** 🧠 and **user experiences** 👥
- Address urgent topics like **elections, war, and disinformation** in 
2025 🌍

📊 We’re looking for scientific contributions on:
- 📊 Analysis of hate speech, misinformation, disinformation, self-harm, 
offensive content
- ✅ Computational fact-checking & AI-driven detection
- 🤖 Role of Generative AI in mitigating harm
- 🎭 Deepfakes & their societal impact
- 🌍 Multi-lingual & cross-platform detection (e.g., spam, bots, trolls)
- 🧪 Qualitative & quantitative studies on mental health effects
- 📥 LLM-assisted data collection & annotation
- 👥 User studies & human-AI collaboration in defense
- 🧩 Explainable AI for transparency & trust

📅 Important Dates:
- 📅 Extended Submission deadline: **March 24, 2026 (AOE)**
- ✅ Notification of acceptance: **March 29, 2026**
- 📤 Camera-ready due: **April 2, 2026**
- 🎉 Workshop: **May 26–29, 2026**

🔗 Submit your work here:
👉 [Submission Portal (OpenReview)] 
https://openreview.net/group?id=acmmm.org/WebSci/2026/Workshop/DHOW
🌐 [Workshop Website] https://dhow-workshop.github.io/2026/2/

👥 We’re building a community!*
This workshop is more than a venue — it’s a **collaborative space** for 
researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to share insights, spark 
innovation, and shape a safer, more responsible internet 🌱.

👨‍💻 Organizing Team:
- Thomas Mandl (University of Hildesheim, Germany)
- Haiming Liu (University of Southampton, UK)
- Gautam Kishore Shahi (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
- Amit Kumar Jaiswal (IIT BHU Varanasi, India)
- Durgesh Nandini (University of Bayreuth, Germany)
- Luis-Daniel Ibáñez (University of Southampton, UK)


#DHOW2026 #WebSci2026 #HarmfulContent #AIforGood #SocietalAI 
#DigitalSafety #ResearchCommunity

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