Recent studies of social media have made a unanimous conclusion that public opinions can
be altered through systematic exploitation of social media using bot accounts. The existing …

Social bots are automated social media accounts governed by software and controlled by
humans at the backend. Some bots have good purposes, such as automatically posting …

Social media platforms can expose influential trends in many aspects of everyday life.
However, the movements they represent can be contaminated by disinformation. Social bots …

Use of online social networks (OSNs) undoubtedly brings the world closer. OSNs like Twitter
provide a space for expressing one's opinions in a public platform. This great potential is …

Abstract Online Social Networks have revolutionized how we consume and share
information, but they have also led to a proliferation of content not always reliable and …

Due to the exponential growth in the popularity of online social networks (OSNs), such as
Twitter and Facebook, the number of machine accounts that are designed to mimic human …

Social media platforms such as Twitter provide an incredibly efficient way to communicate
with people. While these platforms have many benefits, they can also be used for deceiving …

Social media bots can change society's perspective in different aspects of life. This paper
analyzes sentiment features and their effect on the accuracy of machine learning models for …

Bot Detection is crucial in a world where Online Social Networks (OSNs) play a pivotal role
in our lives as public communication channels. This task becomes highly relevant in crises …

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 …