Oxford Internet Institute

8 June 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Some of the automated Twitter accounts, or ‘bots’, that were among the most prolific during the UK’s EU referendum campaign have turned their attention to the UK general election, ... Read More Brexit bots and the UK election

1 June 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

One in eight political stories shared on Twitter in the run-up to the general election is from a “junk news source”, research suggests. UK users shared one link from ... Read More One in eight Twitter election shares ‘link to junk news’

1 June 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

The Labour party dominates the conversation on Twitter, with almost 40% of tweets on election-related hashtags, according to a study by the Oxford Internet Institute about social media in ... Read More Labour dominating election conversation on Twitter, study finds

23 May 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

‘One of the most powerful players in the British election is also one of the most opaque. With just over two weeks to go until voters go to the ... Read More How social media filter bubbles and algorithms influence the election

17 May 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Bots appear to be spamming a US regulator’s website over a proposed reversal of net neutrality rules, researchers have said. “Net neutrality is such a hot-button issue and it’s ... Read More ‘Bots’ spam FCC website over proposed net neutrality reversal

3 May 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

“At least 22 countries are using public money to create digital cyber troops that can manipulate public opinion through bots,” says Samantha Bradshaw, a researcher of computational propaganda at ... Read More From autonomous drones to fake news generators, Military researchers seek to weaponise AI

23 April 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

French voters have been deluged with fake news stories on their social media feeds ahead of the country’s presidential election, many from sources “exposed to Russian influence”, new research has found. Researchers ... Read More French social media awash with fake news stories from sources ‘exposed to Russian influence’ ahead of presidential election

23 April 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Ceux qui craignaient un déferlement à l’américaine de “fake news” (fausses informations) pendant la campagne pour l’élection présidentielle française peuvent se rassurer. Il n’a pas eu lieu. Les internautes ... Read More Sur Twitter, les Français moins accro aux “fake news” que les Américains durant la campagne

22 April 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Ahead of the French election, voters are seeing fake news propagated by bots, spammers, and foreign operatives – but it’s still far less than Americans were exposed to during ... Read More Could Fake News Alter the Outcome of the French Election?

22 April 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Fake news has been spreading on Twitter ahead of France’s presidential election, according to a new study from Oxford University, though French users are generally sharing more high-quality information ... Read More France has a fake news problem, but it’s not as bad as the US

22 April 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

French voters are being deluged with false stories on social media ahead of the country’s presidential election, though the onslaught of “junk news” is not as severe as that ... Read More Experts say automated accounts sharing fake news ahead of French election

27 March 2017

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Nearly a quarter of web content shared on Twitter by users in the battleground state of Michigan during the final days of last year’s US election campaign was so-called ... Read More Fake News is Widely Shared as the Real Thing

26 March 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Phil Howard leads the Internet Institute at the University of Oxford which examines misinformation on social media. They’ve analyzed web traffic in the days before the election in the ... Read More How fake news becomes a popular, trending topic

22 March 2017

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Research by team members Bence Kollyani, Phil Howard, and Samuel Woolley was recently featured on the Rachel Maddow show. See more here: Note: This post was originally published on ... Read More ComProp on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show

27 February 2017

Authors: Gillian Bolsover

Just over a week ago, Donald Trump gathered members of the world’s press before him and told them they were liars. “The press, honestly, is out of control,” he ... Read More Robert Mercer: the big data billionaire waging war on mainstream media

27 February 2017

Authors: Gillian Bolsover

On April 12, 1982, Yuri Andropov, the chairman of the K.G.B., ordered foreign-intelligence operatives to carry out “active measures”—aktivniye meropriyatiya—against the reëlection campaign of President Ronald Reagan. Unlike classic ... Read More Trump, Putin and the New Cold War

23 February 2017

Authors: Gillian Bolsover

Quando si incontra online una pagina per segnalare le molestie ricevute da un bot – cioè da un programma automatico – viene da chiedersi se per caso non si ... Read More Così funziona la propaganda politica a colpi di bot su Twitter

6 February 2017

Authors: Gillian Bolsover

CHICAGO — Daniel John Sobieski, 68, climbed the stairs in his modest brick home and settled into a worn leather chair for another busy day of tweeting. But he ... Read More As a conservative Twitter user sleeps, his account is hard at work

31 January 2017

Authors: Gillian Bolsover

Russia has skilfully exploited social media to divide the West and increase Moscow’s power in Europe, the US and eventually Asia. The use of social media as a platform ... Read More Fake News: Why the West is Blind to Russia’s Propaganda Today

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)