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Unmasking Social Robots’ Camouflage: A GNN-Random Forest Framework for Enhanced Detection

Weijian Fan, Chunhua Wang, Xiao Han, Chichen Lin

Computers, Materials & Continua· Volume 82· Issue 1

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The proliferation of robot accounts on social media platforms has posed a significant negative impact, necessitating robust measures to counter network anomalies and safeguard content integrity. Social robot detection has eme... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Tech Science Press
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