Hello, I’m Salvatore !

Researcher & tech activist working on platform accountability.

About Me

I am Head of Research and Co-Founder at AI Forensics (previously Tracking Exposed), where I investigate platform accountability and conduct algorithm audits, exploring how digital systems shape society and democracy.

My research translates into media investigations, litigation, and academic publications that are redefining how Big Tech is held accountable in Europe and globally.

My academic home is the AI and Data for Society (AID4So) research group at the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) in Barcelona, where I am completing my industrial doctorate.

Some of the topics I investigate are:

Publications

Across more than 50 investigations and academic papers, my work exposes how the largest platforms fail to protect their users: TikTok steering minors toward self-harm content, organised networks weaponising Telegram to harass women, and agentic AI flooding feeds with harmful material. These findings feed directly into EU litigation and DSA enforcement.

Some of the platforms I investigate are:

3 Selected Publications

Press mentions

This research has driven over 120 press pieces across outlets like The Washington Post, AP News, Wired, Euronews, and RTVE. Journalists draw on our audits to cover platform censorship during the war in Ukraine, AI-fuelled disinformation threatening EU elections, and organised abuse networks operating across Europe.

Featured in:

3 Selected Press mentions

Get In Touch

Research is a collective effort. Let me know if we can do something together.
Send me a message or see you around in BCN.

salvatore [at] aiforensics.org
Barcelona, Spain.