Elon Musk has an idea of what ails Twitter and what needs to be done to fix it. The problem is his assumptions are wrong.
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Twitter, more than other social media platforms, fosters real-time discussion about events as they unfold. That could change now that Musk has gained control of the company.
Twitter, more than other social media platforms, fosters real-time discussion about events as they unfold. That could change if Musk gains control of the company.
The system behind apps like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and WhatsApp isn’t neutral. It encodes political communication, influencing what users see.
Disinformation is being privatized around the world. This new industry is built on a dangerous combination of cheap labor, high-tech algorithms and emotional national narratives.
Any time a political bot, or indeed any type of AI in politics, is employed, we need information about how it was created and tested.
Virtual assistants and robots are frequently given female attributes. To curb the massive use of such gendering in AI, we need to better understand the deep roots of this phenomenon.
A social media researcher explains how bots and sock puppet accounts manipulate and polarize public debate.
Unlike the US, Australia hasn’t yet been hit by a large-scale disinformation campaign focussed on meddling with elections. But this is a ‘realistic prospect’ moving forward.
According to Bot Sentinel, #coronavirus and #COVID19 are among the top hashtags being used by Twitter bot accounts.
Facebook, Google and Twitter are stepping up to block misinformation and promote accurate information about the coronavirus. Their track records on self-policing are poor. The results so far are mixed.
Personal data is valued primarily because data can be turned into a private asset. That has significant implications for political and societal choices.
Anti-vaccine info online might have foreign roots and political aims.
Claims that tweets on the Canadian election are the work of bot accounts, without empirical evidence or verification, need to be taken with a grain of salt.
On the back of the Mueller investigation’s apparent exoneration of the POTUS, here’s another surprise.
Measuring Twitter bots’ effects on the opinions of real people can yield surprising results about what makes them influential.
Zimbabwe’s upcoming elections potentially marks the start of a new order in the country, where the stakes are extremely high.
Delivery bots, maintenance drones and care robots are all being tested in real world contexts – and that’s just the beginning.
Bots and fake accounts on Twitter helped sway the U.S. presidential election in 2016. Here’s how the social media platform has purportedly tried, and failed, to combat threats to democracy.
Thirteen Russians were charged Friday with using social media to interfere with the 2016 election. A media expert explains why this should not lead to government regulation of social media.
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
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Former Professor of Management and Business History
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Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Doctoral Researcher, Heriot-Watt University
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Associate Professor, Concordia University
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Research Associate in Urban Automation and Robotics, University of Sheffield
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Professor in Digital Media, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor of Operations Management, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Associate Professor, Department of Journalism, Film and Television, and Vice Dean Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg
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Professeure en Marketing éthique, TBS Education
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Ontario Research Chair of Digital Governance for Social Justice, York University, Canada
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Professor of Journalism and Digital Audiences, Arizona State University
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Senior Lecturer Practitioner in Cyber and Networking, Anglia Ruskin University
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Workday Professor of Technology and Society, Trinity College Dublin