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Facebook’s algorithms fueled massive foreign propaganda campaigns during the 2020 election – here’s how algorithms can manipulate you. | The Conversation
by Filippo Menczer
September 20, 2021
An internal Facebook report found that the social media platform’s algorithms – the rules its computers follow in deciding the…
How ‘engagement’ makes you vulnerable to manipulation and misinformation on social media | The Conversation
by Filippo Menczer
September 13, 2021
Facebook has been quietly experimenting with reducing the amount of political content it puts in users’ news feeds. The move…
In Kenya, Influencers Are Hired to Spread Disinformation | WIRED
by Odanga Madung
September 10, 2021
On May 18 of this year, the insidious hashtag #AnarchistJudges appeared on Kenyan Twitter timelines. Apparently driven by a number…
The ‘Dead-Internet Theory’ Is Wrong but Feels True | The Atlantic
by Kaitlyn Tiffany
September 2, 2021
If you search the phrase i hate texting on Twitter and scroll down, you will start to notice a pattern.…
An AI expert explains why it’s hard to give computers something you take for granted: Common sense | The Conversation
by Mayank Kejriwal
August 18, 2021
Imagine you’re having friends over for lunch and plan to order a pepperoni pizza. You recall Amy mentioning that Susie…
International Counterathon Workshop | AI4Dignity
July 27, 2021
Team AI4Dignity is organizing a two-day collaborative coding event with fact checkers, AI developers and academic researchers to improve machine…
Twitter admits it verified several fake accounts | The Verge
by Jon Porter
July 14, 2021
Twitter says it has permanently suspended a “small number” of fake accounts it mistakenly verified just weeks after re-launching its…
Misidentification: How The #Antifafires Rumor Caught On Like Wildfire | Media Manipulation Casebook
by Erin Gallagher
July 7, 2021
During the Oregon wildfires of September 2020, rumors spread locally and nationally that left wing activists were responsible. The evidence…
Viral Slogan: Hammer and Scorecard | Media Manipulation Casebook
by Nicole Leaver and Joan Donovan
July 7, 2021
The 2020 US presidential election was riven by unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud, a constellation of lies pushed by…