Oxford Internet Institute

21 December 2017

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The project’s latest memo on Russian involvement in Brexit was covered in the New York Times. An academic study set to be released on Tuesday casts doubt on speculation ... Read More Did Russia Meddle in Brexit? A Social Media Study Casts Doubt

19 December 2017

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The project’s latest memo on Brexit was covered by Yahoo News. The Oxford Internet Institute, part of Oxford university, says that, despite the Kremlin exploiting Twitter and Facebook during the 2016 US ... Read More ‘Little evidence’ Russia influenced Brexit vote through social media, study finds

18 January 2017

Authors: Gillian Bolsover

Sind womöglich Maschinen schuld? Gemeint ist die britische Anti-EU Entscheidung von vergangenem Freitag. Vor der Abstimmung waren auffällig viele Pro-Brexit Stimmen in den sozialen Netzwerken zu finden, vor allem ... Read More Pro #Brexit Twitter Bots (in German)

18 September 2016

Authors: Vyacheslav Polonski

#Brexit or #Bremain: What does the Internet say about the future of the UK and the European Union? THE GIST: The EU referendum on 23 June 2016 will decide whether ... Read More Social Media Voices in the UK’s EU Referendum

9 August 2016

Authors: Vyacheslav Polonski

The Internet was meant to spread democracy. Could it be having the opposite effect? THE GIST: Today’s citizens have the power to assemble online and it’s disrupting traditional political systems. ... Read More The Biggest Threat to Democracy? Echo Chambers in Your Social Media Feed

7 August 2016

Authors: Vyacheslav Polonski

Mad as hell and tagging you in the comments. Pressure from online comments can cause our democratically elected leaders to act in the strangest ways THE GIST: The Internet ... Read More Are Internet Populists Ruining Democracy for the Rest of Us?

5 August 2016

Authors: Vyacheslav Polonski

Analysing the Internet’s response to the EU referendum debate THE GIST: #CatsAgainstBrexit has taken the Internet by storm just a few days before the EU referendum. How did the ... Read More How #CatsAgainstBrexit Could’ve Saved the EU

24 June 2016

Authors: Philip Howard

The project’s research into the Brexit referendum was covered in Quartz. As the Brexit vote draws closer, undecided voters will need to make up their minds. Some will turn ... Read More Watch out for the Brexit bots

23 June 2016

Authors: Philip Howard

The project’s research into the Brexit referendum was covered in the New Scientist. Watch out for the ballot bots. As the UK’s referendum on membership of the European Union ... Read More Beware the Brexit bots: The Twitter spam out to swing your vote

23 June 2016

Authors: Philip Howard

Automated social media accounts are being used by both sides in the Brexit debate, a new report shows, with some experts fearing that a sudden surge in activity by ... Read More These ‘bots’ could sway the Brexit vote

21 June 2016

Authors: Philip Howard

Bots are social media accounts that automate interaction with other users, and they are active on the StrongerIn-Brexit conversation happening over Twitter. These automated scripts generate content through these ... Read More Bots, #StrongerIn, and #Brexit: Computational Propaganda during the UK-EU Referendum

20 June 2016

Authors: Vyacheslav Polonski

How the EU referendum debate is playing out on social media THE GIST: The EU referendum debate between the Remain and Leave camps is in full swing and all social ... Read More #Nofilter debate: Brexit campaigners still dominate on Instagram