
Lisa-Maria Neudert is a DPhil Student researching technical, regulatory and civil society countermeausres to online propaganda and media manipulation.
Lisa-Maria Neudert
Research Assistant & DPhil Student
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Profile
Lisa-Maria Neudert is a student on the DPhil in Information, Communication & the Social Sciences, and was previously a student on the MSc in Social Science of the Internet.
Lisa-Maria is a researcher at the Computational Propaganda project, where her work is located at the nexus of political communication, technology studies and governance. Her previous research has focused on propanda, social bots and fake news—in its relation to the evolving digital media ecosystem. Lisa-Maria holds a MSc in Social Science of the Internet from the University of Oxford and a BA in Communication Science from the Ludwig-Maxmilians-University in Munich. Selected as a Fulbright scholar she studied at the Georgetown University in Washington DC and the National University of Singapore.
Research Interests
Digital media, government and politics, internet regulation and governance, political communication, news
Research
Current projects
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Computational Propaganda
Participants: Professor Philip Howard, Dr Vidya Narayanan, Dr Dimitra (Mimie) Liotsiou, Lisa-Maria Neudert, Samantha Bradshaw
This project will focus on how bots, algorithms and other forms of automation are used by political actors in countries around the world.
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Political Communication, AI and Data Diversity in the US
Participants: Dr Victoria Nash, Professor Philip N. Howard, Dr Dimitra (Mimie) Liotsiou, Lisa-Maria Neudert, Dr Vidya Narayanan
This project investigates contemporary trends in political communication, political polarization, artificial intelligence, and data diversity in the United States.
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Strengthening Digital Democracy
Participants: Dr Victoria Nash, Professor Philip N. Howard, Dr Dimitra (Mimie) Liotsiou, Lisa-Maria Neudert, Dr Vidya Narayanan
This programme supports research into the use of computational propaganda in developing democracies, our management of strategic relations with industry, government and civil society stakeholders, and capacity transfer to civil society groups.
News
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Spread of disinformation the biggest concern for internet and social media users globally finds new Oxford study
15 December 2020
Spread of disinformation the biggest concern for internet and social media users globally finds new Oxford study
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Global public opinion split on benefits of AI, finds new Oxford study
7 October 2020
In a new study by researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute, analysis shows that public perceptions on the use of AI in public life is divided, with populations in the West, generally more worried about AI than those in the East.
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New Commission to Address AI and Good Governance in Public Policy
28 July 2020
A new commission has been formed by Oxford University to advise world leaders on effective ways to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning in public administration and governance.
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Oxford experts launch new online tool to help fight disinformation
10 December 2019
Researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, have launched ‘The ComProp Navigator’, a new online resource guide which aims to help civil society groups better understand and respond to the problem of disinformation.
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Junk news declines on Twitter, but Facebook users still respond to disinformation
9 December 2019
Less than two percent of news sources shared on Twitter ahead of the 2019 UK General Election defined as ‘junk news’, says new analysis from Oxford researchers.
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Collective action needed now to tackle spread of disinformation in public life, finds new report
16 October 2019
A new report from the Oxford Technology and Elections Commission (OxTEC), convened by the Oxford Internet Institute, calls for coordinated action by the public and private sector to address and redress problems around disinformation in public life today.
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Self-regulation of social media platforms failing to curb disinformation, says new report
11 October 2019
A new report from the Oxford Technology and Elections Commission (OxTEC) has found many of the self-regulatory measures taken by social media platforms have failed to prevent the spread of disinformation.
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Action needed to restore trust in political campaigning, says new report
9 October 2019
A new report from the Oxford Technology and Elections Commission (OxTEC) calls for changes to the current rules around digital political campaigning, to restore public trust in campaigns and elections more broadly.
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Junk news dominating coverage of US midterms on social media, new research finds
1 November 2018
25% of content shared around US midterms is junk news, despite efforts by the platforms to curb the problem
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Brazil elections ‘not at risk’ from junk news on Twitter, new research finds
5 October 2018
Researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford conclude only 1.2% of Twitter content connected to the elections is junk news
Blog
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Good governance for trustworthy AI in the European Union
27 January 2021
Authors: Lisa-Maria Neudert
OxCAIGG Commission Secretary and Research Assistant, Oxford Internet Institute, Lisa-Maria Neudert sets out the case for better regulation in AI systems. The challenge of ...
Read More Good governance for trustworthy AI in the European Union
Press
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Automation, COVID, And The Future Of Work
16 October 2020 Forbes
Ever since Oxford's Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne published their paper on the potential for jobs to be automated in 2013, a groundswell of concern has emerged about the impact of the various technologies might have.
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East And West: AI Worries Divided Down Regional Lines
12 October 2020 Which-50
The perceived risk of artificial intelligence is linked to people’s location and profession, according to a new study, with those in the West typically much more concerned about the technology.
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Oxford Internet Institute: Public AI opinion is divided
7 October 2020 Irish Tech News
In a new study by researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute, ‘Global Attitudes towards Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Automated Decision Making, analysis shows that public perceptions on the use of AI in public life is divided.
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Disinformation for profit: How a Florida ‘dealmaker’ turns conservative outrage into cash
11 August 2020 The Washington Post
A new study by Aletha illuminates the financial motives behind the spread of hyperpartisan, low-quality news revealing how merchants of misinformation are exploiting techniques of data collection.
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Oxford University launches commission on AI in the public sector
28 July 2020 The New Statesman
Today, the Oxford Internet Institute is launching a new commission on AI and good governance which will examine artificial intelligence in the public sector.
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AI can battle coronavirus, but privacy shouldn’t be a casualty
26 May 2020 Tech Crunch
Many governments are turning to AI tools to both advance the medical research and manage public health, now and in the long term. These technologies are certainly promising, but they must be implemented in ways that do not undermine human rights.
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Trump lashes out with distractions and disinformation
18 May 2020 Los Angeles Times
President Trump has accelerated his attacks as he runs for reelection, escalating his spread of disinformation about perceived enemies and his administration’s record during the COVID-19 crisis.
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How did 5G conspiracy theorists become arsonists?
7 April 2020 The New Statesman
The intensifying global pandemic has brought about a new conspiracy crossover genre blending 5G and COVID-19 fears.
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Coronavirus conspiracies go viral on Whatsapp as crisis deepens
19 March 2020 Reuters
The coronavirus crisis has been accompanied by what the World Health Organization (WHO) has called an “infodemic” of misinformation.
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Tech Tent: Was it a Facebook election?
13 December 2019 BBC News
It was an election in which tens of thousands of targeted adverts from all sorts of organisations reached voters via social media.
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Efforts to prevent foreign manipulation of UK election flounder
10 December 2019 Financial Times
Authorities are ill-equipped to deal with interference under current rules, warn experts.
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In U.K. Vote, Online Disinformation Is the New Normal
10 December 2019 New York Times
Foreign meddling was once the most feared source of online deception before critical elections. Now, some candidates themselves are turning to such manipulative tactics.
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Labour told to ‘come clean’ about how it obtained leaked government documents after report links them to Russia
3 December 2019 The Telegraph
Labour has been told to “come clean” over whether it has helped to spread Russian “disinformation” during the general election campaign.
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UK vulnerable to malicious meddling in election, warns study
16 October 2019 The Guardian
Britain needs to take concerted action to reduce the risk of malicious actors in the UK and abroad from contaminating the results of a looming general election, according to a new study that warns of the risks of public “abuse and deception”.
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Fight fake news by tracking political parties’ social media, says Oxford study
11 October 2019 Sky News
The election watchdog is being encouraged to adopt new rules to curb the spread of disinformation.
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Fake news network vs bots: the online war around Khashoggi killing
1 November 2018 Reuters
Fake news surrounding the murder of journalist Khashoggi. Comment by Lisa-Maria Neudert.
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Right-wing sites swamp Sweden with ‘junk news’ in tight election race
6 September 2018 Reuters
One in three news articles shared online about the upcoming Swedish election come from websites publishing deliberately misleading information, most with a right-wing focus on immigration and Islam, Oxford University researchers say.
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Future elections may be swayed by intelligent, weaponized chatbots
22 August 2018 MIT Technology Review
The AI advances that brought you Alexa are teaching propaganda how to talk.
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Russian disinformation distorts American and European democracy
5 March 2018 The Economist
The Mueller indictment reveals some of the Kremlin’s tactics
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Twitter boss seeks help with online abuse
2 March 2018 BBC News
Twitter has asked for help in devising a "health check" to measure its contribution to public conversation.
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Russian Tumblr trolls pose as black activists, says Buzzfeed
8 February 2018 BBC News
Lisa-Maria Neudert, a researcher with the Computational Propaganda Project at the Oxford Internet Institute, said that there were "a lot of parallels" between the trolls' strategy on Tumblr and other social media sites.
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Facebook to push local news to curb ‘fake news’
31 January 2018 Al Jazeera
Lisa-Maria Neudert speaks to Al Jazeera on changes to Facebook's newsfeed.
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Information in a world of misinformation – real and fake news in the digital age
29 January 2018 CMS
Lisa-Maria Neudert takes part in a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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‘Fixing’ Facebook?
16 January 2018 BBC News Business Daily
Facebook is changing its news feed algorithms, but will it make engagement on the site more 'meaningful'? We hear how businesses and publishers will be affected from Lisa-Maria Neudert, a researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute.
Integrity Statement
I conduct my research in line with the University's academic integrity code of practice.