Coordinated behavior in information operations on Twitter

L Cima, L Mannocci, M Avvenuti, M Tesconi… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Online information operations (IOs) refer to organized attempts to tamper with the regular
flow of information and to influence public opinion. Coordinated online behavior is a tactic …

Detection and characterization of coordinated online behavior: A survey

L Mannocci, M Mazza, A Monreale, M Tesconi… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Coordination is a fundamental aspect of life. The advent of social media has made it integral
also to online human interactions, such as those that characterize thriving online …

Leveraging Large Language Models to Detect Influence Campaigns on Social Media

L Luceri, E Boniardi, E Ferrara - Companion Proceedings of the ACM on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Social media influence campaigns pose significant challenges to public discourse and
democracy. Traditional detection methods fall short due to the complexity and dynamic …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of coordinated behavior on toxicity

E Loru, M Cinelli, M Tesconi… - Online Social Networks …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the intricate landscape of social media, genuine content dissemination may be altered by
a number of threats. Coordinated Behavior (CB), defined as orchestrated efforts by entities to …

Coordinated Activity Modulates the Behavior and Emotions of Organic Users: A Case Study on Tweets about the Gaza Conflict

P Dey, L Luceri, E Ferrara - Companion Proceedings of the ACM on Web …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Social media has become a crucial conduit for the swift dissemination of information during
global crises. However, this also paves the way for the manipulation of narratives by …

SoMeR: Multi-View User Representation Learning for Social Media

S Guo, K Burghardt, V Pantè, K Lerman - arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.05275, 2024 - arxiv.org
User representation learning aims to capture user preferences, interests, and behaviors in
low-dimensional vector representations. These representations have widespread …

Uncovering Coordinated Cross-Platform Information Operations Threatening the Integrity of the 2024 US Presidential Election Online Discussion

M Minici, L Luceri, F Cinus, E Ferrara - arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.15402, 2024 - arxiv.org
Information Operations (IOs) pose a significant threat to the integrity of democratic
processes, with the potential to influence election-related online discourse. In anticipation of …

Post-hoc evaluation of nodes influence in information cascades: the case of coordinated accounts

N Di Marco, S Brunetti, M Cinelli… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
In the last years, social media has gained an unprecedented amount of attention, playing a
pivotal role in shaping the contemporary landscape of communication and connection …

[PDF][PDF] Online search is more likely to lead youth to validate true news than to refute false ones

A Bouleimen, L Luceri, F Cardoso, L Botturi… - 2024 - workshop-proceedings.icwsm.org
With the spread of high-speed Internet and portable smart devices, the way people access
and consume information has drastically changed. However, this presents many challenges …