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This paper analyses how networks of inauthentic actors structured the debate on YouTube following the conviction of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2025). Using network analysis, it compares the structures of networks created by organic users and trolls/bots. The results show that troll networks are larger and more active, dominating the volume of discourse. Unlike organic users, trolls build bridges between opposing ideological groups, maintaining a proximity that perpetuates conflict.
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