The International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats (CySoc 2026) addresses the challenges of detecting and countering harmful online content, users, and communities, while considering ethical implications in the digital space.
Topics
Political conflicts in online platforms in the era of gen-ai
Harassment and cyberbullying
Gender-based violence
Illicit drug trafficking
Relationship of the social web and mainstream news media
Emotional and psychological support
Influencer identification and community detection for movements
Online extremism
Misinformation and disinformation (e.g., epidemics of fake news, images and videos, during a disaster, health issues and elections)
Trust relationship and community dynamics
Ethical considerations on privacy-preserving social media analytics
Cultural implications of social web usage
Hate speech
Political conflicts in online platforms in the era of gen-ai
Human trafficking
Mental health implications of social media
Who should attend
Researchers in cybersecurity and digital threats
Academics studying online extremism, hate speech, and violence
Professionals working on privacy-preserving social media analytics
Policy makers concerned with the ethics of online content regulation
Experts in mental health and the impact of social media
Developers and engineers working on content detection and prediction tools
