Introduction
With the proliferation of smart devices, mobile applications, and social network platforms, the social side effects of these technologies have become more profound, especially in social and political disintegration.
Several journalistic and academic investigations have reported that modern communication platforms such as social media (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, blogs, YouTube, and the “deep web” channels) are strategically used to coordinate various deviant activities such as cyber propaganda campaigns.
Several researchers have studied these deviant activities and identified various tactics, techniques, and procedures used by various online deviant groups, e.g., online propagandist groups,terrorist groups sympathizers, black-hat hacker groups, and internet trolls.
Various social media platforms utilized the research findings to detect and curb some of these deviant activities.
However, the techniques that are used by the aforementioned deviant groups evolve and adapt to go on undetected. This is a growing problem on social media that needs to be explored and solved.
In this workshop, our aim is to have a scientific discussion among the experts who study deviant activities on social media, including but not limited to, detection of deviant/disruptive behaviors on social media; misinformation detection, identification, and dissemination; case studies of misinformation; etc.
This includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
