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The rise of social bots

20161,499 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Emilio Ferrara · University of Southern California

Onur Varol · Indiana University Bloomington

Clayton Davis · Indiana University Bloomington

Filippo Menczer · Indiana University Bloomington

Alessandro Flammini · Indiana University Bloomington

Abstract

Today's social bots are sophisticated and sometimes menacing. Indeed, their presence can endanger online ecosystems as well as our society.

Topics & Keywords

Spam and Phishing Detection Misinformation and Its Impacts AI in Service Interactions

Publication Details

Published in: Communications of the ACM

Volume 59, Issue 7, pp. 96-104

DOI: 10.1145/2818717

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 283.41

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