The rampant propagation of rumors in online social networks leads to potential damage to
society. This phenomenon has attracted significant attention to the researches on faster …

The internet and online social networks have resulted in dramatic changes in the information
landscape. Pessimistic views fear that networks and algorithms can limit exposure to various …

Online social media platforms have paved the way greatly into the lives of people and made
person-to-person interaction faster by making the world more connected. Users can spread …

This study presents a novel approach to expand the emergent area of social bot research.
We employ a methodological framework that aggregates and fuses data from multiple global …

Community question answering (CQA) platforms are receiving increased attention and are
becoming an indispensable source of information in different domains ranging from board …

Social bots represent a new generation of bots that make use of online social networks
(OSNs) as a command and control (C\&C) channel. Malicious social bots were responsible …

Real estate appraisal is a complex and important task, that can be made more precise and
faster with the help of automated valuation tools. Usually the value of some property is …

During the pandemic, individuals with limited access to Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs) faced difficulties adjusting to the new lifestyle, which heavily relies on …

The bourgeoning of Online Social Networks has triggered an increase in undesirable acts
caused by some disruptive entities, eg fake accounts, bots, and cyber-extremists. Thence …

Many disinformation and propaganda campaigns on social media platforms deploy social
bots-artificial accounts that pose as humans-to disseminate political propaganda. To …