The massive spread of false information on social media has become a global risk, implicitly
influencing public opinion and threatening social/political development. False information …

Over the last few years, online social networks (OSNs), such as Facebook, Twitter and
Tuenti, have experienced exponential growth in both profile registrations and social …

We investigated the differential diffusion of all of the verified true and false news stories
distributed on Twitter from 2006 to 2017. The data comprise~ 126,000 stories tweeted by~ 3 …

As malicious automated agents, or bots, are increasingly used to manipulate the global
marketplace of information and beliefs, their detection, characterization, and at times …

The popularity of social networks provides people with many conveniences, but their rapid
growth has also attracted many attackers. In recent years, the malicious behavior of social …

Twitter social network has gained more popularity due to the increase in social activities of
registered users. Twitter performs dual functions of online social network (OSN), acting as a …

Automated social media bots have existed almost as long as the social media platforms they
inhabit. Although efforts have long existed to detect and characterize these autonomous …

The proliferation of harmful content on online platforms is a major societal problem, which
comes in many different forms, including hate speech, offensive language, bullying and …

Users of the Twitter microblogging platform share a considerable amount of information
through short messages on a daily basis. Some of these so-called tweets discuss issues …

The massive spread of misinformation in social networks has become a global risk, implicitly
influencing public opinion and threatening social/political development. Misinformation …