Fake views removal and popularity on YouTube
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This new article on Scientific Reports presents our findings about the removal of Fake Views from the view counters of YouTube channels. These findings were presented, in a preliminary form, in the PhD thesis of Maria Castaldo. The article analyses how YouTube authenticates engagement metrics and, more specifically, how the…