Rishab Nithyanand

University of Iowa — United States

Computer Science · Physical Sciences

20h-index1.8kcitations73works1.12yr avg
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Research Topics

Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting(17), Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection(16), Privacy, Security, and Data Protection(15), Misinformation and Its Impacts(12), Social Media and Politics(11)

Publications73 total

Searching for Affirmation: How Partisan Audiences on Google Search Induce an Abortion-Related Filter Bubble Effect
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction·2025Open Access
ProtoScan: Measuring censorship in IPv6
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
Mind the IP Gap: Measuring the impact of IPv6 on DNS censorship
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
YouTube Recommendations Reinforce Negative Emotions: Auditing Algorithmic Bias with Emotionally-Agentic Sock Puppets
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
C3PA: An Open Dataset of Expert-Annotated and Regulation-Aware Privacy Policies to Enable Scalable Regulatory Compliance Audits
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
C3PA: An Open Dataset of Expert-Annotated and Regulation-Aware Privacy Policies to Enable Scalable Regulatory Compliance Audits
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Uncovering the Interaction Equation: Quantifying the Effect of User Interactions on Social Media Homepage Recommendations
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Turning the Tide on Dark Pools? Towards Multi-Stakeholder Vulnerability Notifications in the Ad-Tech Supply Chain
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024Open Access
How Audit Methods Impact Our Understanding of YouTube’s Recommendation Systems
Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
The Inventory is Dark and Full of Misinformation: Understanding Ad Inventory Pooling in the Ad-Tech Supply Chain
2024· 3 cited
Algorithmic amplification of biases on Google Search
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024Open Access
C3PA: An Open Dataset of Expert-Annotated and Regulation-Aware Privacy Policies to Enable Scalable Regulatory Compliance Audits
2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Making Sense of Constellations: Methodologies for Understanding Starlink's Scheduling Algorithms
2023· 49 citedOpen Access
Making Sense of Constellations: Methodologies for Understanding Starlink's Scheduling Algorithms
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
The Morbid Realities of Social Media: An Investigation into the Narratives Shared by the Deceased Victims of COVID-19
Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
How Auditing Methodologies Can Impact Our Understanding of YouTube's Recommendation Systems
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Forms of Disclosure: The Path to Automated Data Privacy Audits
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023Open Access
Making a Radical Misogynist
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction·2022· 24 citedOpen Access
Paying Attention to the Algorithm Behind the Curtain: Bringing Transparency to YouTube's Demonetization Algorithms
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction·2022· 11 cited
The Inventory is Dark and Full of Misinformation: Understanding the Abuse of Ad Inventory Pooling in the Ad-Tech Supply Chain
arXiv (Cornell University)·2022Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Phillipa Gill(16), Rob Johnson(8), Hussam Habib(7), Abbas Razaghpanah(6), Narseo Vallina-Rodríguez(6), Maaz Bin Musa(6), Xiang Cai(5), Gene Tsudik(5), Ersin Uzun(5), Rachee Singh(4), Srikanth Sundaresan(3), Mark Allman(3), Christian Kreibich(3), Fareed Zaffar(3), Brian Schaffner(3), Muhammad Daniyal Dar(3), Padmini Srinivasan(3), Shinyoung Cho(3), Ian Goldberg(2), Oleksii Starov(2)