disinformation

Misinformation about “electoral fraud” in the US is down 73% since Trump’s social media accounts were terminated

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Misinformation about “electoral fraud” in the US is down 73% since Trump’s social media accounts were terminated

Zignal Labs conducted an investigation that reflected a decline in 73% in disinformation about “electoral fraud” in the United States, after what Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat y Twitch, among other social networks, decided to suspend Donald Trump’s accounts. The measure came after the arrival of the Capitol by his followers, where the president incited disorder … Read more

Facebook: Fake campaigns in Africa attacked each other

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Facebook: Fake campaigns in Africa attacked each other

Facebook has removed networks of accounts that are accused of coordinated inauthentic behavior and that are said to have attacked each other. The competing disinformation campaigns concentrated on the Central African Republic and had their origins in France and Russia, explains the social network. It is the first time that such networks have been discovered … Read more

scientists fighting disinformation

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scientists fighting disinformation

A video of a few minutes posted every day at 6 p.m. for four weeks until the Christmas holidays. This is the challenge that the Task Force Covid-19 de Lille created in early 2020 to coordinate research on the virus. “Weariness and anger at the crude and contradictory statements of certain colleagues, have pushed us … Read more

Interference in American elections? “Russia is even more sophisticated than in 2016” | Interview with Sinan Aral

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Interference in American elections? “Russia is even more sophisticated than in 2016” | Interview with Sinan Aral

With more than two decades studying and investing in Internet companies, the North American Sinan Aral is one of the greatest authorities in this new economy. He is the author of some of the most complete studies on the influence of social networks and the way in which fake news spreads quickly on these platforms. … Read more