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The Systemic Impact of Deplatforming on Social Media: Acknowledgements, Data, and References

by Deplatform8mAugust 15th, 2024

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Gettr and Twitter data used for this project is available in anonymised format on request at https://osf.io/ dx2p8/. The authors thank Alessandro Galeazzi for providing the Media Bias / Fact Check data. The authors acknowledge the 100683EPID Project “Global Health Security Academic Research Coalition’ SCH-00001-3391.

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Authors:

(1) Amin Mekacher, City University of London, Department of Mathematics, London EC1V 0HB, (UK) and this author contributed equally;

(2) Max Falkenberg, City University of London, Department of Mathematics, London EC1V 0HB, (UK), this author contributed equally, and Corresponding authors: [email protected];

(3) Andrea Baronchelli, City University of London, Department of Mathematics, London EC1V 0HB, (UK), The Alan Turing Institute, British Library, London NW1 2DB, (UK), and Corresponding authors: [email protected].

Table of Links

Abstract and Introduction

Results

Discussion & Conclusion

Methods

Acknowledgements, Data availability, and References

Acknowledgements

M.F. and A.B. acknowledge the 100683EPID Project “Global Health Security Academic Research Coalition” SCH-00001-3391. M.F. thanks Alessandro Galeazzi for providing the Media Bias / Fact Check data.

Data availability

Gettr and Twitter data used for this project is available in anonymised format on request at https://osf.io/ dx2p8/.

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