Facebook and Twitter are being used to manipulate public opinion – report

Our case study series on computational propaganda worldwide was featured in the Guardian...

Topics Computational Propaganda Social Media

Is Social Media Killing Democracy? Computational Propaganda, Algorithms, Automation and Public Life

...on Computational Propaganda (COMPROP, www.politicalbots.org), I discuss the ways in which social media platforms have become[...]

Topics Social Media

How social media filter bubbles and algorithms influence the election

Our research and insight was featured extensively in a Guardian article about the 2017 UK General Election....

Topics Social Media

Facebook could tell us how Russia interfered in our elections. Why won’t it?

...in the U.S. election emerged. But it didn’t come from the National Security Agency or the[...]

Topics Elections Social Media

Ten things you wish you didn’t know about elections (and what to do about them)

...of social and information scientists to investigate the impact of automated scripts, commonly called bots, on[...]

Topics Elections

How fake news becomes a popular, trending topic

I was interviewed for a 60 Minutes investigation on ‘fake news’ and disinformation, which featured the COMPROP team’s[...]

Topics Social Media

Video: Computational Propaganda: The Impact of Algorithms and Automation on Public Life

...and organization can be unpredictable, even to those who build them. So to understand contemporary political[...]

Commentary: Facebook and Twitter’s real sin goes beyond spreading fake news

Social media companies are taking heat for influencing the outcomes of the U.S. presidential election and[...]

Topics Social Media

Automated Pro-Trump Bots Overwhelmed Pro-Clinton Messages, Researchers Say

Our research was featured in this New York Times article on the U.S. Election and bots....

Topics Computational Propaganda Social Media

Cracking the stealth political influence of bots

...use these accounts to increase their follower bases and push messages. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports on how[...]

Topics Computational Propaganda Governance Social Media

One in four debate tweets comes from a bot. Here’s how to spot them.

Our research was featured in the Washington Post online...

Topics Computational Social Science Governance

Bot Tweets Influencing U.S. Election

Contributed to this CBC National news story on bots and the election....

Topics Elections Social Media

A third of pro-Trump tweets are generated by bots

Our research was featured in a piece on the CNN Money site....

Topics Computational Propaganda

Donald Trump Twitter Bot Announces Candidacy For President

...a researcher at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), created the DeepDrumpf Trump Twitter[...]

Topics Elections Governance Social Media

Donald Trump support during presidential debate was inflated by bots, professor says

Our research was featured in the Independent....

Topics Computational Propaganda Social Media

As Artificial Intelligence Evolves, So Does Its Criminal Potential

Helped with a New York Times story on the role of AI in political and criminal communications....

Topics Governance