Collusion Networks are part of a “large scale reputation manipulation ecosystem,” engaged in “large-scale online social networking abuse.” “The manipulation services are called Collusion Networks since the users who knowingly participate collude with each other to generate fake actions.”
—CACM, “Technical Perspective: Fake ‘Likes’ and Targeting Collusion Networks“
[This article is an overview of a] paper [that] presents a rigorous study that explores the reputation manipulation ecosystem, ultimately working with Facebook to examine ways to stop this kind of large-scale online social networking abuse.
Technical Perspective: Fake ‘Likes’ and Targeting Collusion Networks Read More A comprehensive measurement study of collusion-based reputation manipulation services on Facebook.
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