Troops, Trolls and Troublemakers: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation
Cyber troops are government, military or political party teams committed to manipulating public opinion over social[...]
Read morePredicting Engagement with the Internet Research Agency’s Facebook and Instagram Campaigns around the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
The Russian Internet Research Agency’s (IRA) online interference campaign in the 2016 U.S. presidential election represents[...]
Read moreSourcing and Automation of Political News and Information over Social Media in the United States, 2016-2018
Social media is an important source of news and information in the United States. But during[...]
Read moreSourcing and Automation of Political News and Information During Three European Elections
Voters increasingly rely on social media for news and information about politics. But increasingly, social media[...]
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BBC World Service Interview
I was interviewed by the BBC World Service for their Global News Podcast, Report says millions of[...]
Read moreNews and Political Information Consumption in Brazil: Mapping the 2018 Brazilian Presidential Election on Twitter
In Brazil, there are rising concerns over computational propaganda and the political polarization it may cause.[...]
Read moreNews and Political Information Consumption in Sweden: Mapping the 2018 Swedish General Election on Twitter
In Sweden, concerns over misinformation and computational propaganda and their effect on the democratic process are[...]
Read moreChallenging Truth and Trust: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation
The manipulation of public opinion over social media platforms has emerged as a critical threat to[...]
Read moreNews and Political Information Consumption in Mexico: Mapping the 2018 Mexican Presidential Election on Twitter and Facebook
In Mexico, there are rising concerns over computational propaganda and the political polarization it may cause.[...]
Read moreChinese computational propaganda: automation, algorithms and the manipulation of information about Chinese politics on Twitter and Weibo
A 2016 review of literature about automation, algorithms and politics identified China as the foremost area[...]
Read morePolarization, Partisanship and Junk News Consumption over Social Media in the US
What kinds of social media users read junk news? We examine the distribution of the most[...]
Read moreRussian Involvement and Junk News during Brexit
Several prominent UK politicians are concerned about the role of Russian troll and bot accounts in[...]
Read moreThe IRA and Political Polarization in the United States
Russia’s Internet Research Agency (IRA) launched an extended attack on the United States by using computational[...]
Read moreJunk News on Military Affairs and National Security
Social media provides political news and information for both active duty military personnel and veterans. We[...]
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Facebook has so much more to tell us
Facebook and Twitter have taken the important step of handing over thousands of ads to Congress that were[...]
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Fake News on Twitter Flooded Swing States That Helped Trump Win
The project’s latest research on politicized information and the 2016 US election was covered in Mother Jones.
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