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20172025
most citedWho Let The Trolls Out? Towards Understanding State-Sponsored Trolls

46 citations · 72 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

cs.LO2025

Causality and Decision-making: A Logical Framework for Systems and Security Modelling

Pinaki Chakraborty, Tristan Caulfield, David Pym

Causal reasoning is essential for understanding decision-making about the behaviour of complex `ecosystems' of systems that underpin modern society, with security -- including issu…

cs.SE2024

Co-designing heterogeneous models: a distributed systems approach

Marius-Constantin Ilau, Tristan Caulfield, David Pym

The nature of information security has been, and probably will continue to be, marked by the asymmetric competition of attackers and defenders over the control of an uncertain envi…

cs.CY2022★ 2 cited

Non-Polar Opposites: Analyzing the Relationship Between Echo Chambers and Hostile Intergroup Interactions on Reddit

Alexandros Efstratiou, Jeremy Blackburn, Tristan Caulfield +3

Previous research has documented the existence of both online echo chambers and hostile intergroup interactions. In this paper, we explore the relationship between these two phenom…

cs.CY2022

Internet Service Providers' and Individuals' Attitudes, Barriers, and Incentives to Secure IoT

Nissy Sombatruang, Tristan Caulfield, Ingolf Becker +4

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and individual users of Internet of Things (IoT) play a vital role in securing IoT. However, encouraging them to do so is hard. Our study investig…

cs.CY2021

"It may be a pain in the backside but..." Insights into the impact of GDPR on business after three years

Gerard Buckley, Tristan Caulfield, Ingolf Becker

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect in May 2018 and is designed to safeguard EU citizens' data privacy. The benefits of the regulation to consumers' righ…

cs.SI2018★ 46 cited

Who Let The Trolls Out? Towards Understanding State-Sponsored Trolls

Savvas Zannettou, Tristan Caulfield, William Setzer +3

Recent evidence has emerged linking coordinated campaigns by state-sponsored actors to manipulate public opinion on the Web. Campaigns revolving around major political events are e…

cs.SI2018★ 3 cited

On the Origins of Memes by Means of Fringe Web Communities

Savvas Zannettou, Tristan Caulfield, Jeremy Blackburn +4

Internet memes are increasingly used to sway and manipulate public opinion. This prompts the need to study their propagation, evolution, and influence across the Web. In this paper…

cs.SI2018

Disinformation Warfare: Understanding State-Sponsored Trolls on Twitter and Their Influence on the Web

Savvas Zannettou, Tristan Caulfield, Emiliano De Cristofaro +3

Over the past couple of years, anecdotal evidence has emerged linking coordinated campaigns by state-sponsored actors with efforts to manipulate public opinion on the Web, often ar…

cs.SI2017★ 21 cited

The Web Centipede: Understanding How Web Communities Influence Each Other Through the Lens of Mainstream and Alternative News Sources

Savvas Zannettou, Tristan Caulfield, Emiliano De Cristofaro +5

As the number and the diversity of news outlets on the Web grow, so does the opportunity for "alternative" sources of information to emerge. Using large social networks like Twitte…