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  Soros, Child Sacrifices, and 5G: Understanding the Spread of Conspiracy Theories on Web Communities

Paudel, P., Blackburn, J., De Cristofaro, E., Zannettou, S., & Stringhini, G. (2021). Soros, Child Sacrifices, and 5G: Understanding the Spread of Conspiracy Theories on Web Communities. Retrieved from https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.02187.

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Latex : Soros, Child Sacrifices, and {5G}: {U}nderstanding the Spread of Conspiracy Theories on {Web} Communities

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Paudel, Pujan1, Author
Blackburn, Jeremy1, Author
De Cristofaro, Emiliano1, Author
Zannettou, Savvas2, Author           
Stringhini, Gianluca1, Author
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2Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society, ou_2489697              

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Free keywords: cs.SI,Computer Science, Computers and Society, cs.CY
 Abstract: This paper presents a multi-platform computational pipeline geared to
identify social media posts discussing (known) conspiracy theories. We use 189
conspiracy claims collected by Snopes, and find 66k posts and 277k comments on
Reddit, and 379k tweets discussing them. Then, we study how conspiracies are
discussed on different Web communities and which ones are particularly
influential in driving the discussion about them. Our analysis sheds light on
how conspiracy theories are discussed and spread online, while highlighting
multiple challenges in mitigating them.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2021-11-032021
 Publication Status: Published online
 Pages: 12 p.
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 Identifiers: arXiv: 2111.02187
URI: https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.02187
BibTex Citekey: Paudel2111.02187
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