By M. Philippe AUBERT-COUTURIER, in 2nd year of Master’s degree internship at CREOGN
Summary of a publication by Mr Daniel GUINIER, Doctor of Science, expert in cybercrime and financial crimes at the International Criminal Court in The Hague 

"In 2018, there were some 4.2 billion Internet users (i.e. 55% of the world's population), 3.4 billion of whom were users of social networks (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Whatsapp, etc.). In addition to their growing importance, social networks have multiple facets: a space for sharing and exchanging information, they are also proving to be places of influence and even manipulation. New forms of threats and vulnerabilities have emerged, particularly in relation to the manipulation of public opinion. The use of bots and trolls has also made it possible to industrialise the sharing of false information. (...)"

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