Automating Terror: The Role and Impact of Telegram Bots in the Islamic State’s Online Ecosystem

In this article, we use network science to explore the topology of the Islamic State’s “terrorist bot” network on the online social media platform Telegram, empirically identifying its connections to the Islamic State supporter-run groups and channels that operate across the platform, with which the...

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Autor principal: Alrhmoun, Abdullah (Autor)
Otros Autores: Winter, Charlie ; Kertész, János
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2024
En: Terrorism and political violence
Año: 2024, Volumen: 36, Número: 4, Páginas: 409–424
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