Oxford Internet Institute

14 June 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Our team will present the latest research about the manipulation of public opinion over social media. This briefing will help ground a group conversation about the prospects for improving ... Read More COMPROP Case Study Launch (June 19: London, UK)

8 June 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Content about Labour is dominating Twitter in the run-up to the general election, according to a new study from the University of Oxford’s Internet Institute. The researchers, who have ... Read More Labour dominating Twitter discussions, researchers say

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

22 May 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Team members Phil Howard and Robert Gorwa wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post which calls on Facebook to share important data on potential Russian interference in the 2016 US election, and ... Read More Facebook could tell us how Russia interfered in our elections. Why won’t it?

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

5 May 2017

Authors: Philip Howard

Computational propaganda distributes large amounts of misinformation about politics and public policy over social media platforms. The combination of automation and propaganda can significantly impact public opinion during important ... Read More Junk News and Bots during the French Presidential Election (Round II)

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

21 April 2017

Authors: Philip Howard

Computational propaganda distributes large amounts of misinformation about politics and public policy over social media platforms. The combination of automation and propaganda can significantly impact public opinion during important ... Read More Junk News and Bots during the French Presidential Election (Round I)

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

27 March 2017

Authors: Philip Howard

Computational propaganda distributes large amounts of misinformation about politics and public policy over social media platforms. The combination of automation and propaganda can significantly impact public opinion during important ... Read More Junk News and Bots during the German Federal Presidency Election: What Were German Voters Sharing Over Twitter?

27 March 2017

Authors: Philip Howard

Computational propaganda distributes large amounts of misinformation about politics and public policy over social media platforms. The combination of automation and propaganda can significantly impact public opinion during important ... Read More Junk News and Bots during the U.S. Election: What Were Michigan Voters Sharing Over Twitter?

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