Moonis Ali
- Address
- Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik
Saarland Informatics Campus
Campus E1 4
66123 Saarbrücken - Location
- E1 4 - 525
- Phone
- +49 681 9325 3540
- Fax
- +49 681 9325 3599
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Moonis Ali
Personal Information
Doctoral researcher in Computational Social Science studying various forms of harms that befall humans online.
Publications
2026
Lipphardt, F., Ali, M., Banzer, M., Feldmann, A., & Gosain, D. (2026). There is No War in Ba Sing Se: A Global Analysis of Content Moderation in Large Language Models. In Network and Distributed System Security Symposium 2026 (NDSS 2026). San Diego, CA, USA: The Internet Society. doi:10.14722/ndss.2026.240593
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BibTeX
@inproceedings{Lipphardt_NDSS26,
TITLE = {There is No War in {Ba Sing Se}: {A} Global Analysis of Content Moderation in Large Language Models},
AUTHOR = {Lipphardt, Friedemann and Ali, Moonis and Banzer, Martin and Feldmann, Anja and Gosain, Devashish},
LANGUAGE = {eng},
ISBN = {979-8-9919276-8-0},
DOI = {10.14722/ndss.2026.240593},
PUBLISHER = {The Internet Society},
YEAR = {2026},
DATE = {2026},
BOOKTITLE = {Network and Distributed System Security Symposium 2026 (NDSS 2026)},
PAGES = {1--30},
ADDRESS = {San Diego, CA, USA},
}
Endnote
%0 Conference Proceedings
%A Lipphardt, Friedemann
%A Ali, Moonis
%A Banzer, Martin
%A Feldmann, Anja
%A Gosain, Devashish
%+ Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
%T There is No War in Ba Sing Se: A Global Analysis of Content Moderation in Large Language Models :
%G eng
%U http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0013-1FAB-9
%R 10.14722/ndss.2026.240593
%D 2026
%B 33rd Annual Network and Distributed System Security Symposium
%Z date of event: 2026-02-23 - 2026-02-27
%C San Diego, CA, USA
%B Network and Distributed System Security Symposium 2026
%P 1 - 30
%I The Internet Society
%@ 979-8-9919276-8-0
%U https://www.ndss-symposium.org/wp-content/uploads/2026-f593-paper.pdf
2024
Ali, M., & Zannettou, S. (2024). From Isolation to Desolation: Investigating Self-Harm Discussions in Incel Communities. In Proceedings of the Eighteenth International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2024). Buffalo, NY, USA: AAAI. doi:10.1609/icwsm.v18i1.31296
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@inproceedings{Ali_ICWSM24,
TITLE = {From Isolation to Desolation: {I}nvestigating Self-Harm Discussions in {I}ncel Communities},
AUTHOR = {Ali, Moonis and Zannettou, Savvas},
LANGUAGE = {eng},
ISBN = {978-1-57735-890-9},
DOI = {10.1609/icwsm.v18i1.31296},
PUBLISHER = {AAAI},
YEAR = {2024},
MARGINALMARK = {$\bullet$},
DATE = {2024},
BOOKTITLE = {Proceedings of the Eighteenth International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2024)},
EDITOR = {Lin, Yu-Ru and Mejova, Yelena and Cha, Meeyoung},
PAGES = {43--56},
ADDRESS = {Buffalo, NY, USA},
}
Endnote
%0 Conference Proceedings
%A Ali, Moonis
%A Zannettou, Savvas
%+ Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
External Organizations
%T From Isolation to Desolation: Investigating Self-Harm Discussions in Incel Communities :
%G eng
%U http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0011-117C-F
%R 10.1609/icwsm.v18i1.31296
%D 2024
%B Eighteenth International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
%Z date of event: 2024-06-03 - 2024-06-06
%C Buffalo, NY, USA
%B Proceedings of the Eighteenth International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
%E Lin, Yu-Ru; Mejova, Yelena; Cha, Meeyoung
%P 43 - 56
%I AAAI
%@ 978-1-57735-890-9
2023
Ali, M. (2023). A Data-driven Analysis of Self-harm Discussions on Incel Web Communities. Universität des Saalandes, Saarbrücken.
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BibTeX
@mastersthesis{AliMSc23,
TITLE = {A Data-driven Analysis of Self-harm Discussions on Incel Web Communities},
AUTHOR = {Ali, Moonis},
LANGUAGE = {eng},
SCHOOL = {Universit{\"a}t des Saalandes},
ADDRESS = {Saarbr{\"u}cken},
YEAR = {2023},
MARGINALMARK = {$\bullet$},
DATE = {2023},
}
Endnote
%0 Thesis
%A Ali, Moonis
%Y Zannettou, Savvas
%A referee: Feldmann, Anja
%+ Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society
%T A Data-driven Analysis of Self-harm Discussions on Incel Web Communities :
%G eng
%U http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000D-9308-4
%I Universität des Saalandes
%C Saarbrücken
%D 2023
%P X, 57 p.
%V master
%9 master
Previous publications
"Analyzing Antisemitism and Islamophobia using a Lexicon-based Approach",
Moonis Ali, Savvas Zannettou Workshop Proceedings of the 16th International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (2022) DOI: 10.36190/2022.61
Research Interests
- Computational Social Science
Recent Positions
September 2023 - now:
Doktorand at MPI-Informatics
March 2021 - February 2022:
Student researcher at MPI-Informatics
Education
October 2019 - June 2023:
Master of Science in Data Science and AI, Universität des Saarlandes.
October 2014 - November 2018:
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Kashmir.