Russia 2016 election interference: What's real, what's overhyped?
A new study suggests Russian trolls had little impact. But there was more going on.
Source: vox.com
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America's Censorious Officials Are a Bigger Threat Than Russian Twitter Trolls
Russia's attempts to meddle in U.S. politics on social media was a wash. We should be more concerned about what our own officials are doing.
Source: reason.com
2016 election Russian disinformation mainly reached Republicans
New research finds that Russian disinformation on Twitter during the 2016 election primarily reached a small subset of users.
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Source: futurity.org
Good news: Misinformation isn't as powerful as feared! Bad news: Neither is information.
To people who publish facts, its appealing to think of them as powerful. But peoples belief systems go a lot deeper than facts.
Source: niemanlab.org
Voting behaviour in 2016 US presidential election not affected by foreign disinformation campaigns on Twitter - News & Events
Voting behaviour in the 2016 US presidential election was not affected by foreign disinformation campaigns on Twitter according to a new study conducted by an international team of researchers.
Source: tcd.ie