Oxford profs tell Twitter, Facebook to take action against political bots
Our case study series was covered in the Register....
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Facebook and Twitter are being used to manipulate public opinion – report
Our case study series on computational propaganda worldwide was featured in the Guardian...
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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[...]
Read moreAs 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....
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Soon Your City Will Know Everything About You
The world’s cities are collecting ever-increasing amounts of data. It’s time for mechanisms to prevent abuse.[...]
Read moreTalk to the National Endowment for Democracy
Here is the video of my book talk to the National Endowment for Democracy on February[...]
Read moreTalk in Santiago, Chile
Here is a video of my book talk at the Fundación Democracia y Desarrollo in Santiago, Chile on Thursday,[...]
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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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Twitter Needs a “Terms of Sharing”
Recently, some colleagues (wonderful team of @MCForelle, @saiphchen, @andresmh) and I came together to study the[...]
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The Internet of Things is poised to change democracy itself
(This appeared originally as “Politics won’t know what hit it: The Internet of Things is poised[...]
Read moreTalk at Data & Society in New York
A video of my talk to the think tank Data & Society in New York. Databites[...]
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How big is the Internet of Things and how big will it get?
New information technologies have transformed world politics, and not always for the better. Even trying to[...]
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#HashtagActivismMatters: Some experts see online-to-IRL change in police protests
Contributed to a Washington Post story on how hashtag activism can translate to policy change:...
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