Oxford Internet Institute

5 November 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Sam Woolley and Doug Guilbeault wrote an article for Quartz which provides a breakdown of the recent testimony provided to congressional intelligence committees by Facebook, Twitter, and Google to ... Read More What to watch for when America’s tech giants testify on Russian hacking today

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

20 August 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Sam Woolley was interviewed on BBC radio to discuss the project’s research and the use of bots for election meddling. Smears, bots and bags of cash – we reveal ... Read More How Do You Fix Someone Else’s Election?

15 August 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Project members Sam Woolley and Nick Monaco wrote an opinion piece about bot regulation for TechCrunch. Policymakers’ animus against the internet isn’t new: it’s part of a long trend of suspicion ... Read More Hey politicians — don’t hate the internet, hate the game

10 August 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Sam Woolley was interviewed about bots and the 2016 US Election on NPR. How do you judge public opinion on any given issue? What others are thinking? Paying attention ... Read More Fake News Bots Are Here

19 June 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

As part of our new country case study series, project members Sam Woolley and Doug Guilbeault investigated the use of bots and other false amplifiers in the US. Abstract: ... Read More Computational Propaganda in the United States of America: Manufacturing Consensus Online

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)

14 June 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Our team presented the latest research about the manipulation of public opinion over social media. This briefing helped ground a group conversation about the prospects for improving deliberative democracy ... Read More COMPROP Briefing Tour (London, Washington DC, Palo Alto)

2 June 2017

Authors: Robert Gorwa

Project members Tim Hwang and Sam Woolley have a new article in Slate discussing bots that follow political candidates. Let’s be clear: Coordinated campaigns of misinformation and manipulation on ... Read More The Most Important Lesson From the Dust-Up Over Trump’s Fake Twitter Followers

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

Our project work was covered in the Guardian. The war of the bots is one of the wilder and weirder aspects of the elections of 2016. At the Oxford ... Read More Robert Mercer: the big data billionaire waging war on mainstream media

6 February 2017

Authors: Gillian Bolsover

Our project’s work was covered in the Washington Post. CHICAGO — Daniel John Sobieski, 68, climbed the stairs in his modest brick home and settled into a worn leather ... Read More As a conservative Twitter user sleeps, his account is hard at work

31 January 2017

Authors: Gillian Bolsover

Our research was covered in the Sydney Morning Herald. On social media, bots (short for robots) are small programs that automate the posting of and reply to messages. Political ... Read More Fake News: Why the West is Blind to Russia’s Propaganda Today

10 January 2017

Authors: Gillian Bolsover

Automated social media accounts known as ‘bots’ may be used to distort political perception online. We speak with research director Samuel Woolley of the Oxford Internet Institute’s Computational Propaganda ... Read More Fake News Bots

10 January 2017

Authors: Gillian Bolsover

Sam Woolley was interviewed about the project’s research on Oregon Public Radio. Automated social media accounts known as ‘bots’ may be used to distort political perception online. We speak ... Read More Fake News & Bots

1 December 2016

Authors: Sam Woolley

Director of Research Samuel Woolley gave a talk on November 11, 2016 at an event sponsored by the National Democratic Institute and the US State Department. The theme of ... Read More Event: The US Election and Disinformation @ IFTF

1 December 2016

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Director of Research Samuel Woolley gave a talk on November 11, 2016 at an event sponsored by the National Democratic Institute and the US State Department. The theme of ... Read More The US Election and Disinformation @ IFTF

18 November 2016

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We put together this brief write-up for people (concerned citizens, journalists, policy makers, academics, etc.) hoping to 1) understand the use and brief history of political bots, 2) develop ... Read More Resource for Understanding Political Bots

17 November 2016

Authors: Philip Howard

Bots are social media accounts that automate interaction with other users, and political bots have been particularly active on public policy issues, political crises, and elections. We collected data ... Read More Bots and Automation over Twitter during the U.S. Election