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Jason Chee
Undergraduate, The University of Chicago
Project: Misinformation WhatsApp
Mentors: Marshini Chetty, SUPERGroup
Research Area Keywords: Human-Computer Interaction // Security & Privacy
Project Description: Jason Chee is a sophomore at the University of Chicago majoring in computer science. This summer, he continued work with Professor Marshini Chetty in the SUPERGroup Lab on a project that looked at misinformation on coronavirus news on end-to-end encrypted platforms like WhatsApp. On the qualitative side, he helped write an interview script and researched different fact-checker APIs. On the quantitative side, he designed and developed a cross-platform WhatsApp URL and metadata extraction app using JavaScript and React Native.