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Neutral bots probe political bias on social media
Wen Chen, Diogo Pacheco, Kai-Cheng Yang +1
Social media platforms attempting to curb abuse and misinformation have been accused of political bias. We deploy neutral social bots who start following different news sources on…
Unveiling Coordinated Groups Behind White Helmets Disinformation
Diogo Pacheco, Alessandro Flammini, Filippo Menczer
Propaganda, disinformation, manipulation, and polarization are the modern illnesses of a society increasingly dependent on social media as a source of news. In this paper, we explo…
Uncovering Coordinated Networks on Social Media: Methods and Case Studies
Diogo Pacheco, Pik-Mai Hui, Christopher Torres-Lugo +3
Coordinated campaigns are used to influence and manipulate social media platforms and their users, a critical challenge to the free exchange of information online. Here we introduc…