A review on social spam detection: Challenges, open issues, and future directions

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Highlights：

• Background information on social spam and the spamming process.

• Social spam taxonomy comprising spam content and spammer account is outlined.

• A review of social spam, Deepfakes, and spammer detection techniques is presented.

• Several challenges, open issues, and future research directions are discussed.

摘要

•Background information on social spam and the spamming process.•Social spam taxonomy comprising spam content and spammer account is outlined.•A review of social spam, Deepfakes, and spammer detection techniques is presented.•Several challenges, open issues, and future research directions are discussed.

论文关键词：Deepfake,Machine learning,Online social network,Social spam,Spammer,Spambots

论文评审过程：Received 3 March 2021, Revised 6 August 2021, Accepted 6 August 2021, Available online 14 August 2021, Version of Record 19 August 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.115742