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 …

Social Networks' omnipresence and ease of use has revolutionized the generation and
distribution of information in today's world. However, easy access to information does not …

Twitter bot detection has become an increasingly important task to combat misinformation,
facilitate social media moderation, and preserve the integrity of the online discourse. State-of …

Malicious actors create inauthentic social media accounts controlled in part by algorithms,
known as social bots, to disseminate misinformation and agitate online discussion. While …

The increased relevance of social media in our daily life has been accompanied by efforts to
manipulate online conversations and opinions. Deceptive social bots—automated or semi …

Recent studies in social media spam and automation provide anecdotal argumentation of
the rise of a new generation of spambots, so-called social spambots. Here, for the first time …

Millions of online posts about different topics and products are shared on popular social
media platforms. One use of this content is to provide crowd-sourced information about a …

Efficient and reliable social bot classification is crucial for detecting information manipulation
on social media. Despite rapid development, state-of-the-art bot detection models still face …

Twitter has become a vital social media platform while an ample amount of malicious Twitter
bots exist and induce undesirable social effects. Successful Twitter bot detection proposals …

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