Oxford Internet Institute

11 October 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

The project’s research on social media operations targeted against veterans was covered by McClatchy. The Oxford study categorized 12,413 Twitter users and 11,103 Facebook users whose social media messages ... Read More Russian propaganda engaged U.S. vets, troops on Twitter and Facebook, study finds

11 October 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

The project’s latest memo on junk news and social media operations against veterans was covered in the Washington Post. They researchers also tracked information on several military-themed websites and ... Read More Russian operatives used Twitter and Facebook to target veterans and military personnel, study says

9 October 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Social media provides political news and information for both active duty military personnel and veterans. We analyze the subgroups of Twitter and Facebook users who spend time consuming junk ... Read More Junk News on Military Affairs and National Security

5 October 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Phil Howard and Bence Kollanyi wrote an opinion article for the Washington Post, discussing how Facebook could share more data about political advertising and targeting with the public. Facebook ... Read More Facebook has so much more to tell us

5 October 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Phil Howard and Bence Kollanyi wrote an opinion article for the Guardian, discussing the project’s latest research and how social media companies could “design for deliberation.” Social media companies such ... Read More Social media companies must respond to the sinister reality behind fake news

30 September 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

The project’s recent research on polarizing information shared in the lead up to the 2016 US election was covered on CNN. Samantha Bradshaw appeared on CNN’s morning show to ... Read More Fake news rife on Twitter during election week, study from Oxford says

30 September 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

The project’s latest research into polarizing information shared in the lead up to the 2016 US election was covered in the Washington Post. Propaganda and other forms of “junk ... Read More Propaganda flowed heavily into battleground states around election, study says

30 September 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

The project’s latest research on politicized information and the 2016 US election was covered in Mother Jones. Millions of tweets were flying furiously in the final days leading up to ... Read More Fake News on Twitter Flooded Swing States That Helped Trump Win

29 September 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

The project’s research on how polarizing information was distributed across Twitter in the lead up to the 2016 US election was covered in Business Insider. A new study conducted ... Read More Twitter users spreading fake news targeted swing states in the run-up to Election Day

29 September 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

The project’s latest research on information circulated on Twitter in the lead up to the 2016 Election was covered in McClatchy. Voters in 11 swing states in last year’s presidential ... Read More “Fake news” tweets targeted to swing states in election, researchers find

28 September 2017

Authors: Philip Howard

US voters shared large volumes of polarizing political news and information in the form of links to content from Russian, WikiLeaks and junk news sources. Was this low quality ... Read More Social Media, News and Political Information during the US Election: Was Polarizing Content Concentrated in Swing States?

27 September 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Sam Woolley appeared on CNN to discuss the project’s research and the possible influence of Russian bot accounts during the lead up to the 2016 US Presidential election. CNN’s Drew ... Read More Russia weaponized Twitter to sway election

26 September 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Robert Gorwa spoke to Quartz about the Senate’s investigation into Twitter and bots during the 2016 US Presidential election. Twitter executives will be grilled tomorrow morning (Sept. 28) on ... Read More Congress is investigating how Twitter bots may have influenced the US election

25 September 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Samantha Bradshaw spoke to the Hill about the ongoing Senate Intelligence Committee investigations into various social networks. Experts who have studied Russia’s attempts to influence the election say that ... Read More Warner sees Reddit as potential target for Russian influence

23 September 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

The project’s memo on the 2017 German election was featured in the Independent. Multiple analyses of the digital strategy employed by the AfD show it is using tactics that previously ... Read More This is what the social media behind Donald Trump and Ukip is doing for the German far-right

22 September 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

The project’s research on the German federal election was featured by Snopes. Germans, like the French, are less susceptible to what has been broadly called “fake news” in the ... Read More Germany Election So Far Unaffected by ‘Fake News’

22 September 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

The project’s research into the 2017 German election was covered in the Financial Times. Research published today by a group at Oxford university shows that the rightwing populist Alternative für ... Read More Rightwing populist AfD dominates German Twitter, new study shows

22 September 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

The project’s latest memo on the German federal election was featured in Reuters. The far right is making the most noise on Twitter during Germany’s election campaign, but far ... Read More Far right makes most noise on Twitter in German election

22 September 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Lisa-Maria Neudert was interviewed by Correctiv about the project’s research into the 2017 German federal election. Am Dienstag haben die Wissenschaftler ihre jüngste Studie veröffentlicht. „Junk News and Bots during the ... Read More “Es gibt keine Smoking Gun”

19 September 2017

Authors: Philip Howard

Automation and propaganda can significantly impact public life during important policy debates, elections, and political crises. We collected Twitter data on bot activity and junk news using a set of ... Read More Junk News and Bots during the German Parliamentary Election: What are German Voters Sharing over Twitter?