Samantha Bradshaw appeared on BBC Radio to discuss "Mexico's Fake News Problem." This year Mexico will hold both its presidential and congressional election at the same time. With such high stakes, political parties are being accused of systemically using bots and cyber trolls to spreadonline ...
The project's Lisa-Maria Neudert was interviewed on the BBC to discuss the latest revelations into the 'Internet Research Agency', and to add context to an interview held with a Russian journalist, Vitaly Bespalov, who spent three months working at the IRA. Inside Russia's Troll Farm ...
Samantha Bradshaw appeared on BBC radio to discuss one of the hottest questions of the moment: 'Can Social Media be Fixed'? Political manipulation and fake news have shaken trust in social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has vowed to make 2018 ...
Lisa-Maria Neudert and Tim Hwang appeared on an episode of Mozilla's 'IRL Podcast' to discuss the use of bots in politics. From politics to poetry, bots are playing an increasingly visible role in culture. Veronica Belmont investigates the rise of social media bots with Lauren ...
Lisa-Maria Neudert spoke with Public Radio International about the German NetzDG hate speech law. “When we're addressing issues of [fake news] and computational propaganda, a lot of the time that narrative is that we cannot regulate social media companies and we [that we] cannot put ...
Lisa-Maria Neudert spoke to the BBC for a radio episode discussing Russian involvement in the 2016 US election. The Kremlin says the investigation into last year's US presidential election has nothing to do with Russia, but that Moscow is following the proceedings intently. Also in ...
The project's recent research on polarizing information shared in the lead up to the 2016 US election was covered on CNN. Samantha Bradshaw appeared on CNN's morning show to discuss. "Polarizing and conspiratorial junk news" was as prevalent on Twitter as news from legitimate outlets ...
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 Griffin looks into how Russia used Twitter as a weapon in its propaganda campaign during the 2016 ...
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 some of the tricks used for fiddling elections around the world. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's security ...
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 to? If social media play into your read, watch out. When it comes to politics in ...
