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DHOW 2026
DHOW: Diffusion of Harmful Content on Online Web
DHOW 2026 is a workshop co-located with the 18th ACM Web Science Conference, focusing on the multidisciplinary study of harmful content across online platforms. It aims to unify research on hate speech, misinformation, deepfakes, multimodal content, and cross-lingual detection, leveraging AI and human-centered approaches to advance safer internet practices and societal AI.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Full paper
March 25, 2026
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Submission and decisions
Full paperKey deadline
March 25, 2026 · AoE
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Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Short Paper
Papers limited to 6 pages including references.
Research areas in scope
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Research Topics
Analysis on different types of harmful contentComputational fact-checkingRole of Generative AI in Mitigating Harmful ContentIdentifying harassment/bullying/hate speech, and misinformation/disinformationRole of Explainable AI in Studying Harmful ContentMulti-modal harmful contentDeepfake and its influenceMulti-lingual harmful content like Hate speech, Fake News Bot, spam, and troll detectionBoth Qualitative and Quantitative study on harmful contentPsychological effects of harmful content like mental healthApproaches for data collection or data annotation using LLM on harmful contentUser study on the effects of harmful content on human beings
Policies worth checking twice
- Submissions must be written in English and use the ACM Article Template.
- Submissions must be in double-column format and submitted as a single PDF file.
- Submissions are not anonymous — author names and affiliations must be included.
- Reviewing is single-blind.
- Overlength papers will be rejected without review.
- Camera-ready submissions must include ACM CCS classification and keywords.
- Camera-ready submissions require a ZIP file containing all source files (e.g., .tex, .bib, figures).
- Accepted papers will be published in the ACM WebSci 2026 companion proceedings.
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026