Recently, social bots,(semi-) automatized accounts in social media, gained global attention
in the context of public opinion manipulation. Dystopian scenarios like the malicious …

Political misinformation, astroturfing and organised trolling are online malicious behaviours
with significant real-world effects that rely on making the voices of the few sounds like the …

Computational social science uses computational and statistical methods in order to
evaluate social interaction. The public availability of data sets is thus a necessary …

Political astroturfing and organised trolling are online malicious behaviours with significant
real-world effects. Common approaches examining these phenomena focus on broad …

Social media can be mirrors of human interaction, society, and world events. Their reach
enables the global dissemination of information in the shortest possible time and thus the …

Coordination is a fundamental aspect of life. The advent of social media has made it integral
also to online human interactions, such as those that characterize thriving online …

This paper addresses new challenges of detecting campaigns in social media, which
emerged with the rise of Large Language Models (LLMs). LLMs particularly challenge …

Online information operations (IOs) refer to organized attempts to tamper with the regular
flow of information and to influence public opinion. Coordinated online behavior is a tactic …

Manipulation of online discourse through organized disinformation and propaganda
campaigns is a threat to information integrity and democratic dialogue. Taking cues from on …

Social media platforms are essential for information sharing and, thus, prone to coordinated
dis-and misinformation campaigns. Nevertheless, research in this area is hampered by strict …