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Un « bot » Twitter imite Donald Trump pour mieux le dénoncer

Helped with a story for Le Monde, on bots and computational propaganda....

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Topics Computational Propaganda Social Media

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Trump’s Twitter debate lead was ‘swelled by bots’

Our research on highly automated Twitter account activity during the first U.S. Presidential debate was covered[...]

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Topics Computational Propaganda Social Media

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Watch out for the Brexit bots

Our #Brexit work was featured in the Quartz piece “Watch Out for the Brexit Bots” on[...]

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Topics Computational Propaganda Social Media

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Beware the Brexit bots: The Twitter spam out to swing your vote

Our work on Brexit Bots was featured in “Beware the Brexit bots: The Twitter spam out to swing[...]

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Topics Brexit Social Media

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These ‘bots’ could sway the Brexit vote

Our paper on Brexit Bots was featured in “These ‘bots’ could sway the Brexit vote” on CNBC...

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Topics Brexit

Interview

A $1 Million Fight Against Hillary Clinton’s Online Trolls

Helped with a story on the Atlantic about Hillary Clinton’s response to online trolling....

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Topics Elections Social Media

Op ed

Bots Unite to Automate the Presidential Election

Donald Trump understands minority communities. Just ask Pepe Luis Lopez. He’s one of Trump’s 7 million[...]

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Topics Elections

Interview

IdeaDrop at SXSW 2016

Phil Howard visited the Knight Foundation’s IdeaDrop house at SXSW 2016 to talk about his new[...]

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Topics Governance Internet of Things

Speaking

Talk to the National Endowment for Democracy

Here is the video of my book talk to the National Endowment for Democracy on February[...]

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Topics Internet of Things

Interview

How the Bundys’ social media machine fed their political movement

Helped with a Washington Post story on how social media is used by radical libertarians in the US....

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Topics Social Media

Interview

How Politicians Use Bots to Manipulate the Public

The CBC radio show Spark did an episode about the political bots project. Phil Howard studies political bots — social media[...]

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Topics Governance Social Media

News feature

How Politicians Use Bots to Manipulate the Public

The CBC radio show Spark did an episode about the political bots project....

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Topics Social Media

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How the EU could build a volunteer force to help refugees

Despite the complexity of the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Hungary, the country’s government is trying a[...]

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Interview

Millennials and the Age of Tumblr Activism

Contributed to a story in New York Times about how Tumblr can draw young people into[...]

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Topics Social Media Social Movements

Op ed

Hungary’s Crackdown on the Press

BUDAPEST — The European Union faces a challenging conundrum. While Hungary has embarked on building Europe’s[...]

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