Suspended accounts align with the Internet Research Agency misinformation campaign to influence the 2016 US election
Abstract The ongoing debate surrounding the impact of the Internet Research Agency’s (IRA) social media campaign during the 2016 U.S. presidential election has largely overshadowed the involvement of other actors. Our analysis brings to light a substantial group of suspended Twitter users, outnumber...
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| author | Matteo Serafino Zhenkun Zhou José S. Andrade Alexandre Bovet Hernán A. Makse |
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| description | Abstract The ongoing debate surrounding the impact of the Internet Research Agency’s (IRA) social media campaign during the 2016 U.S. presidential election has largely overshadowed the involvement of other actors. Our analysis brings to light a substantial group of suspended Twitter users, outnumbering the IRA user group by a factor of 60, who align with the ideologies of the IRA campaign. Our study demonstrates that this group of suspended Twitter accounts significantly influenced individuals categorized as undecided or weak supporters, potentially with the aim of swaying their opinions, as indicated by Granger causality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0a990f49ea7a4cd28c03e8ecb038f10b2024-04-14T11:10:08ZengSpringerOpenEPJ Data Science2193-11272024-04-0113111910.1140/epjds/s13688-024-00464-3Suspended accounts align with the Internet Research Agency misinformation campaign to influence the 2016 US electionMatteo Serafino0Zhenkun Zhou1José S. Andrade2Alexandre Bovet3Hernán A. Makse4Levich Institute and Physics Departmen, City College of New YorkDepartment of Data Science, School of Statistics, Capital University of Economics and BusinessPhysics Department, Universidade Federal do CearáDepartment of Mathematical Modeling and Machine Learning, University of ZurichLevich Institute and Physics Departmen, City College of New YorkAbstract The ongoing debate surrounding the impact of the Internet Research Agency’s (IRA) social media campaign during the 2016 U.S. presidential election has largely overshadowed the involvement of other actors. Our analysis brings to light a substantial group of suspended Twitter users, outnumbering the IRA user group by a factor of 60, who align with the ideologies of the IRA campaign. Our study demonstrates that this group of suspended Twitter accounts significantly influenced individuals categorized as undecided or weak supporters, potentially with the aim of swaying their opinions, as indicated by Granger causality.https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-024-00464-3Social networkDisinformationElectionRussian trolls |
| spellingShingle | Matteo Serafino Zhenkun Zhou José S. Andrade Alexandre Bovet Hernán A. Makse Suspended accounts align with the Internet Research Agency misinformation campaign to influence the 2016 US election EPJ Data Science Social network Disinformation Election Russian trolls |
| title | Suspended accounts align with the Internet Research Agency misinformation campaign to influence the 2016 US election |
| title_full | Suspended accounts align with the Internet Research Agency misinformation campaign to influence the 2016 US election |
| title_fullStr | Suspended accounts align with the Internet Research Agency misinformation campaign to influence the 2016 US election |
| title_full_unstemmed | Suspended accounts align with the Internet Research Agency misinformation campaign to influence the 2016 US election |
| title_short | Suspended accounts align with the Internet Research Agency misinformation campaign to influence the 2016 US election |
| title_sort | suspended accounts align with the internet research agency misinformation campaign to influence the 2016 us election |
| topic | Social network Disinformation Election Russian trolls |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-024-00464-3 |
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