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The Conspiracy Money Machine: Uncovering Telegram's Conspiracy Channels and their Profit Model
Vincenzo Imperati, Massimo La Morgia, Alessandro Mei +2
In recent years, major social media platforms have implemented increasingly strict moderation policies, resulting in bans and restrictions on conspiracy theory-related content. To…
TGDataset: Collecting and Exploring the Largest Telegram Channels Dataset
Massimo La Morgia, Alessandro Mei, Alberto Maria Mongardini
Telegram is one of the most popular instant messaging apps in today's digital age. In addition to providing a private messaging service, Telegram, with its channels, represents a v…
Uncovering the Dark Side of Telegram: Fakes, Clones, Scams, and Conspiracy Movements
Massimo La Morgia, Alessandro Mei, Alberto Maria Mongardini +1
Telegram is one of the most used instant messaging apps worldwide. Some of its success lies in providing high privacy protection and social network features like the channels -- vi…
A Game of NFTs: Characterizing NFT Wash Trading in the Ethereum Blockchain
Massimo La Morgia, Alessandro Mei, Alberto Maria Mongardini +1
The Non-Fungible Token (NFT) market in the Ethereum blockchain experienced explosive growth in 2021, with a monthly trade volume reaching $6 billion in January 2022. However, conc…