The paradigm-shift of social spambots: Evidence, theories, and tools for the arms race

26th International World Wide Web Conference 2017, WWW 2017 Companion

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 963-972

  Cresci, Stefano ^a,b   Spognardi, Angelo ^e   Petrocchi, Marinella ^a   Tesconi, Maurizio ^a   Pietro, Roberto Di ^a,c,d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Social networks security; Social spambots; Twitter

Indexed keywords

WORLD WIDE WEB;

ACADEMIC LITERATURE; COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; NETWORKS SECURITY; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SOCIAL SPAMBOTS; STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNIQUES; TWITTER;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 85058640538     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/3041021.3055135     Document Type: Conference Paper

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