Detection of bots in social media: a systematic review
Social media bots (automated accounts) attacks are organized crimes that pose potential
threats to public opinion, democracy, public health, stock market and other disciplines. While …
threats to public opinion, democracy, public health, stock market and other disciplines. While …
Facebook as a research tool for the social sciences: Opportunities, challenges, ethical considerations, and practical guidelines.
Facebook is rapidly gaining recognition as a powerful research tool for the social sciences. It
constitutes a large and diverse pool of participants, who can be selectively recruited for both …
constitutes a large and diverse pool of participants, who can be selectively recruited for both …
[HTML][HTML] Bots and misinformation spread on social media: Implications for COVID-19
As of March 2021, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been responsible for over 115 million cases of
COVID-19 worldwide, resulting in over 2.5 million deaths. As the virus spread exponentially …
COVID-19 worldwide, resulting in over 2.5 million deaths. As the virus spread exponentially …
Fawkes: Protecting privacy against unauthorized deep learning models
Today's proliferation of powerful facial recognition systems poses a real threat to personal
privacy. As Clearview. ai demonstrated, anyone can canvas the Internet for data and train …
privacy. As Clearview. ai demonstrated, anyone can canvas the Internet for data and train …
Online human-bot interactions: Detection, estimation, and characterization
Increasing evidence suggests that a growing amount of social media content is generated
by autonomous entities known as social bots. In this work we present a framework to detect …
by autonomous entities known as social bots. In this work we present a framework to detect …
False information on web and social media: A survey
False information can be created and spread easily through the web and social media
platforms, resulting in widespread real-world impact. Characterizing how false information …
platforms, resulting in widespread real-world impact. Characterizing how false information …
Disinformation and social bot operations in the run up to the 2017 French presidential election
E Ferrara - arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.00086, 2017 - arxiv.org
Recent accounts from researchers, journalists, as well as federal investigators, reached a
unanimous conclusion: social media are systematically exploited to manipulate and alter …
unanimous conclusion: social media are systematically exploited to manipulate and alter …
Deep neural networks for bot detection
S Kudugunta, E Ferrara - Information Sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
The problem of detecting bots, automated social media accounts governed by software but
disguising as human users, has strong implications. For example, bots have been used to …
disguising as human users, has strong implications. For example, bots have been used to …
Social bots distort the 2016 US Presidential election online discussion
Social media have been extensively praised for increasing democratic discussion on social
issues related to policy and politics. However, what happens when this powerful …
issues related to policy and politics. However, what happens when this powerful …
The paradigm-shift of social spambots: Evidence, theories, and tools for the arms race
Recent studies in social media spam and automation provide anecdotal argumentation of
the rise of a new generation of spambots, so-called social spambots. Here, for the first time …
the rise of a new generation of spambots, so-called social spambots. Here, for the first time …