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

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

Topics Computational Propaganda Social Media

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[...]

Topics Computational Propaganda Social Media

Watch out for the Brexit bots

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

Topics Computational Propaganda Social Media

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[...]

Topics Brexit Social Media

These ‘bots’ could sway the Brexit vote

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

Topics Brexit

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.

Topics Elections Social Media

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[...]

Topics Elections

IdeaDrop at SXSW 2016

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

Topics Governance Internet of Things

Talk to the National Endowment for Democracy

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

Topics Internet of Things

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.

Topics Social Media

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[...]

Topics Governance Social Media

How Politicians Use Bots to Manipulate the Public

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

Topics Social Media

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[...]

Millennials and the Age of Tumblr Activism

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

Topics Social Media Social Movements

Hungary’s Crackdown on the Press

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