Tag: Samuel C. Woolley
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What to watch for when America’s tech giants testify on Russian hacking today
5 November 2017
Author:ComProp
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 ...
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Russia weaponized Twitter to sway election
27 September 2017
Author:ComProp
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 ...
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How Do You Fix Someone Else’s Election?
20 August 2017
Author:ComProp
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 ...
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Hey politicians — don’t hate the internet, hate the game
15 August 2017
Author:ComProp
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 ...
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Fake News Bots Are Here
10 August 2017
Author:ComProp
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 ...
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Computational Propaganda Worldwide: Executive Summary
19 June 2017
Author:ComProp
We’re very excited to announce the launch of our case study series on computational propaganda in 9 different countries. Find the executive summary, written by Sam Woolley and Phil ...
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Computational Propaganda in the United States of America: Manufacturing Consensus Online
19 June 2017
Author:Gillian Bolsover
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: ...
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COMPROP Case Study Launch (June 19: London, UK)
14 June 2017
Author:ComProp
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 ...
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COMPROP Briefing Tour (London, Washington DC, Palo Alto)
14 June 2017
Author:ComProp
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 ...
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The Most Important Lesson From the Dust-Up Over Trump’s Fake Twitter Followers
2 June 2017
Author:ComProp
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 ...
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ComProp on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show
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Robert Mercer: the big data billionaire waging war on mainstream media
27 February 2017
Author: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 ...
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As a conservative Twitter user sleeps, his account is hard at work
6 February 2017
Author: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 ...
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Fake News: Why the West is Blind to Russia’s Propaganda Today
31 January 2017
Author: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 ...
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Fake News Bots
10 January 2017
Author: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 ...
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Fake News & Bots
10 January 2017
Author: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 ...
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Event: The US Election and Disinformation @ IFTF
1 December 2016
Author: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 ...
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The US Election and Disinformation @ IFTF
1 December 2016
Author: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 ...
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Resource for Understanding Political Bots
18 November 2016
Author: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 ...
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Bots and Automation over Twitter during the U.S. Election
17 November 2016
Author: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 ...
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