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Online consumers at risk from ‘intelligent’ price manipulation: Oxford and Imperial experts
Sophisticated computer algorithms used to set prices in online marketplaces put consumers at risk of collusion among sellers, according to a study today from computer scientists at the Oxford Internet Institute and Imperial College.
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New study finds Chinese actors using social media networks to influence foreign public opinion
A new study by researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford uncovers a coordinated amplification network promoting the Twitter accounts of PRC diplomats based in the United Kingdom.
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Oxford Report Highlights Rise of ‘Disinformation-For-Hire’ on Social Media
Social media manipulation by political actors appears to be an industrial scale problem.
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Disinformation by Design: How Media Manipulation Campaigns Are Constructed
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Use of social media to manipulate public opinion now a global problem, says new report
Organised social media manipulation campaigns are now prevalent in 70 countries around the world (more than doubling from 28 in 2017), finds new Oxford Internet Institute report.
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Measuring traffic manipulation on Twitter
The Oxford Internet Institute is excited to welcome Ben Nimmo from the Atlantic Council for the talk 'Measuring traffic manipulation on social media'.
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Bulk of social media content supports climate change research
The majority of content and commentary being shared on social media supports the scientific consensus on climate change, according to new research from the Oxford Internet Institute.
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Can Social Media be Fixed?
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