{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4360765154","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/asonam55673.2022.10068628","title":"Uncovering Coordinated Communities on Twitter During the 2020 U.S. Election","display_name":"Uncovering Coordinated Communities on Twitter During the 2020 U.S. Election","publication_year":2022,"publication_date":"2022-11-10","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4360765154","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/asonam55673.2022.10068628"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/asonam55673.2022.10068628","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/asonam55673.2022.10068628","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2022 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082872977","display_name":"Renan Saldanha Linhares","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I10824318","display_name":"Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto","ror":"https://ror.org/056s65p46","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I10824318"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Renan S. Linhares","raw_affiliation_strings":["Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I10824318"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5012024583","display_name":"Jose Martins da Rosa","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8537-7258"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I10824318","display_name":"Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto","ror":"https://ror.org/056s65p46","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I10824318"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jos\u00e9 M. Rosa","raw_affiliation_strings":["Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I10824318"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5037057466","display_name":"Carlos H. G. Ferreira","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9107-6884"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I10824318","display_name":"Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto","ror":"https://ror.org/056s65p46","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I10824318"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Carlos H. G. Ferreira","raw_affiliation_strings":["Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I10824318"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5021734616","display_name":"Fabr\u00edcio Murai","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4487-6381"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I107077323","display_name":"Worcester Polytechnic Institute","ror":"https://ror.org/05ejpqr48","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I107077323"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Fabricio Murai","raw_affiliation_strings":["Worcester Polytechnic Institute"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Worcester Polytechnic Institute","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I107077323"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5059212231","display_name":"Gabriel Peres Nobre","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7659-0575"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I110200422","display_name":"Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais","ror":"https://ror.org/0176yjw32","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I110200422"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Gabriel Nobre","raw_affiliation_strings":["Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I110200422"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5084044470","display_name":"Jussara M. Almeida","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9142-2919"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I110200422","display_name":"Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais","ror":"https://ror.org/0176yjw32","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I110200422"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jussara Almeida","raw_affiliation_strings":["Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I110200422"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":17,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"80","last_page":"87"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10557","display_name":"Social Media and Politics","score":0.9980000257492065,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3315","display_name":"Communication"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10557","display_name":"Social Media and Politics","score":0.9980000257492065,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3315","display_name":"Communication"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10064","display_name":"Complex Network Analysis Techniques","score":0.9979000091552734,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3109","display_name":"Statistical and Nonlinear Physics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12592","display_name":"Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence","score":0.9979000091552734,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3109","display_name":"Statistical and Nonlinear Physics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/exploit","display_name":"Exploit","score":0.6571998596191406},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/set","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","score":0.6378004550933838},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6363961696624756},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-media","display_name":"Social media","score":0.5705563426017761},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/internet-privacy","display_name":"Internet privacy","score":0.5317792892456055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/filter","display_name":"Filter (signal processing)","score":0.5182559490203857},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/volume","display_name":"Volume (thermodynamics)","score":0.4382181167602539},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-network","display_name":"Social network (sociolinguistics)","score":0.4361552894115448},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.39606040716171265},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business","display_name":"Business","score":0.3657084107398987},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-science","display_name":"Data science","score":0.3549772799015045},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-security","display_name":"Computer security","score":0.33135294914245605}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C165696696","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11287","display_name":"Exploit","level":2,"score":0.6571998596191406},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.6378004550933838},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6363961696624756},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C518677369","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202833","display_name":"Social media","level":2,"score":0.5705563426017761},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108827166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175975","display_name":"Internet privacy","level":1,"score":0.5317792892456055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106131492","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3072260","display_name":"Filter (signal processing)","level":2,"score":0.5182559490203857},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C20556612","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4469374","display_name":"Volume (thermodynamics)","level":2,"score":0.4382181167602539},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C4727928","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17164759","display_name":"Social network (sociolinguistics)","level":3,"score":0.4361552894115448},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.39606040716171265},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.3657084107398987},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.3549772799015045},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.33135294914245605},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31972630","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844240","display_name":"Computer vision","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/asonam55673.2022.10068628","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/asonam55673.2022.10068628","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2022 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions","score":0.8399999737739563}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":38,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2019790506","https://openalex.org/W2038793346","https://openalex.org/W2095293504","https://openalex.org/W2125027820","https://openalex.org/W2131681506","https://openalex.org/W2162833336","https://openalex.org/W2301725637","https://openalex.org/W2581780941","https://openalex.org/W2914724270","https://openalex.org/W2968849609","https://openalex.org/W2971881481","https://openalex.org/W3010073762","https://openalex.org/W3037094732","https://openalex.org/W3068316593","https://openalex.org/W3092036871","https://openalex.org/W3095610489","https://openalex.org/W3096436014","https://openalex.org/W3098101451","https://openalex.org/W3099768174","https://openalex.org/W3124364749","https://openalex.org/W3126051451","https://openalex.org/W3128763008","https://openalex.org/W3133499716","https://openalex.org/W3151343903","https://openalex.org/W3184489312","https://openalex.org/W3196289802","https://openalex.org/W3203440807","https://openalex.org/W3208325657","https://openalex.org/W3210546290","https://openalex.org/W3211931647","https://openalex.org/W4283447469","https://openalex.org/W4295899235","https://openalex.org/W4313022481","https://openalex.org/W6684050148","https://openalex.org/W6766986529","https://openalex.org/W6780186081","https://openalex.org/W6791514898","https://openalex.org/W6810443080"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W17155033","https://openalex.org/W3207760230","https://openalex.org/W1496222301","https://openalex.org/W1590307681","https://openalex.org/W2536018345","https://openalex.org/W4312814274","https://openalex.org/W4285370786","https://openalex.org/W2120116197","https://openalex.org/W159653547"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"A":[0],"large":[1,157],"volume":[2,92],"of":[3,8,47,49,71,76,93,109,120,137,159,193,205,240],"content":[4,37,261],"related":[5,161],"to":[6,34,68,83,104,132,141,155,162,178,195],"claims":[7],"election":[9],"fraud,":[10],"often":[11,90],"associated":[12],"with":[13,27,149,190],"hate":[14],"speech":[15],"and":[16,106,129,214,255],"extremism,":[17],"was":[18],"reported":[19],"on":[20,38,262],"Twitter":[21,43],"during":[22],"the":[23,39,45,85,89,97,107,117,163,183,199,231,247,253,263],"2020":[24],"US":[25],"election,":[26],"evidence":[28,70,192],"that":[29,101,113,236],"coordinated":[30],"efforts":[31,249],"took":[32],"place":[33],"promote":[35,196],"such":[36,55],"platform.":[40,232],"In":[41],"response,":[42],"announced":[44],"suspension":[46],"thousands":[48],"user":[50,77],"accounts":[51,180],"allegedly":[52],"involved":[53,245],"in":[54,73,96,167,230,246],"actions.":[56],"Motivated":[57],"by":[58,88,212,219,252],"these":[59],"events,":[60],"we":[61],"here":[62],"propose":[63],"a":[64,74,156,237],"novel":[65],"network-based":[66],"approach":[67,80],"uncover":[69],"coordination":[72,194,248],"set":[75],"interactions.":[78],"Our":[79,185],"is":[81],"designed":[82],"address":[84],"challenges":[86],"incurred":[87],"sheer":[91],"noisy":[94],"edges":[95,100],"network":[98,122],"(i.e.,":[99,197],"are":[102,208],"unrelated":[103],"coordination)":[105],"effects":[108],"data":[110],"sampling.":[111],"To":[112],"end,":[114],"it":[115],"exploits":[116],"joint":[118],"use":[119],"two":[121],"backbone":[123],"extraction":[124],"techniques,":[125],"namely":[126],"Disparity":[127],"Filter":[128],"Neighborhood":[130],"Overlap,":[131],"reveal":[133,187],"strongly":[134],"tied":[135],"groups":[136],"users":[138,169,220,241],"(here":[139],"referred":[140],"as":[142,172],"communities)":[143],"exhibiting":[144,223],"repeatedly":[145],"common":[146],"behavior,":[147],"consistent":[148],"coordination.":[150],"We":[151],"employ":[152],"our":[153],"strategy":[154],"dataset":[158],"tweets":[160],"aforementioned":[164,200],"fraud":[165,201],"claims,":[166],"which":[168],"were":[170,243],"labeled":[171],"suspended,":[173],"deleted":[174,215],"or":[175],"active,":[176],"according":[177],"their":[179],"status":[181],"after":[182],"election.":[184],"findings":[186],"well-structured":[188],"communities,":[189],"strong":[191],"retweet)":[198],"claims.":[202],"Moreover,":[203],"many":[204],"those":[206],"communities":[207],"formed":[209],"not":[210],"only":[211],"suspended":[213],"users,":[216],"but":[217],"also":[218],"who,":[221],"despite":[222],"very":[224],"similar":[225],"sharing":[226],"patterns,":[227],"remained":[228,257],"active":[229],"This":[233],"observation":[234],"suggests":[235],"significant":[238],"number":[239],"who":[242],"potentially":[244],"went":[250],"unnoticed":[251],"platform,":[254],"possibly":[256],"actively":[258],"spreading":[259],"this":[260],"system.":[264]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-07-14T23:27:15.235271","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}