We outline a planned experiment to investigate if personal data (e.g., demographics and behavioral patterns) can be used to selectively expose individuals to disinformation such that an adversary can spread disinformation more efficiently compared to broadcasting the same information to everyone. This mechanism, if effective, will have devastating consequences as modern technologies collect and infer a plethora of private data that can be abused to target with disinformation. We believe this research will inform designing policies and regulations for online platforms.

翻译：我们概述了一项计划中的实验，旨在调查个人数据（例如人口统计信息和行为模式）是否能够被用来有选择性地向个体暴露虚假信息，从而使得攻击者能够比向所有人广播相同信息更高效地传播虚假信息。这一机制若有效，将产生灾难性后果，因为现代技术收集并推断出大量可能被滥用于定向虚假信息的私人数据。我们相信，这项研究将为设计针对在线平台的政策和法规提供依据。