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2020 | VOL. 63 | NO. 10 review articles ON THE MORNING of November 9, 2016, the world …

Fake news propagation is a complex phenomenon influenced by a multitude of factors
whose identification and impact assessment is challenging. Although many models have …

It has become apparent that human accounts are not the sole actors in the social media
scenario. The expanding role of social media in the consumption and diffusion of information …

Social media posts incorporate real-time information that has, elsewhere, been exploited to
predict social trends. This paper considers whether such information can be useful in …

Since the dawn of Humanity, the progress machine tirelessly introduced tools and resources
that facilitated our everyday tasks. Over the years, new technologies have continually …

The rise of bots and their influence on social networks is a hot topic that has aroused the
interest of many researchers. Despite the efforts to detect social bots, it is still difficult to …

Large-scale online campaigns, malicious or otherwise, require a significant degree of
coordination among participants, which sparked interest in the study of coordinated online …

The science of social bots seeks knowledge and solutions to one of the most debated forms
of online misinformation. Yet, social bots research is plagued by widespread biases, hyped …

Twitter is one of the most popular micro-blogging social media platforms that has millions of
users. Due to its popularity, Twitter has been targeted by different attacks such as spreading …

Online social networks are actively involved in removing malicious social bots due to their
role in spreading low-quality information. However, most of the existing bot detectors are …