Computational propaganda in Brazil: social bots during elections
Computational propaganda can take the form of automated accounts (bots) spreading information, algorithmic manipulation and the spread of fake news to shape public opinion, amongst other methods. These techniques are being used in combination with the analysis and usage of large data sets of informa...
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Computational Propaganda Research Project
2017
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