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Social-LLM: Modeling User Behavior at Scale using Language Models and Social Network Data
Julie Jiang, Emilio Ferrara
The proliferation of social network data has unlocked unprecedented opportunities for extensive, data-driven exploration of human behavior. The structural intricacies of social net…
Social Bots: Detection and Challenges
Kai-Cheng Yang, Onur Varol, Alexander C. Nwala +4
While social media are a key source of data for computational social science, their ease of manipulation by malicious actors threatens the integrity of online information exchanges…
Leveraging Large Language Models to Detect Influence Campaigns in Social Media
Luca Luceri, Eric Boniardi, Emilio Ferrara
Social media influence campaigns pose significant challenges to public discourse and democracy. Traditional detection methods fall short due to the complexity and dynamic nature of…
Susceptibility to Unreliable Information Sources: Swift Adoption with Minimal Exposure
Jinyi Ye, Luca Luceri, Julie Jiang +1
Misinformation proliferation on social media platforms is a pervasive threat to the integrity of online public discourse. Genuine users, susceptible to others' influence, often unk…
Unmasking the Web of Deceit: Uncovering Coordinated Activity to Expose Information Operations on Twitter
Luca Luceri, Valeria Pantè, Keith Burghardt +1
Social media platforms, particularly Twitter, have become pivotal arenas for influence campaigns, often orchestrated by state-sponsored information operations (IOs). This paper del…
Automated Claim Matching with Large Language Models: Empowering Fact-Checkers in the Fight Against Misinformation
Eun Cheol Choi, Emilio Ferrara
In today's digital era, the rapid spread of misinformation poses threats to public well-being and societal trust. As online misinformation proliferates, manual verification by fact…