Fame for sale: Efficient detection of fake Twitter followers

Cresci, Stefano, Di Pietro, Roberto, Petrocchi, Marinella, Spognardi, Angelo, Tesconi, Maurizio·2015·Decision Support Systems
DOI 10.1016/j.dss.2015.09.003

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