Astroscreen

We are delighted to announce our recent fundraise from a great group of investors to tackle the problem of social media manipulation! techcrunch.com/2019/04/18/ast…

How much fake news can we identify on Twitter? Click for the stats, stay for the beautiful animation! knightfoundation.org/features/misin…

Human vs automated activity on Twitter.

Why User-Led Moderation Could Be The Answer To The Content Moderation Problem hubs.li/H0NTplC0 Written by @tehranix of @Astroscreenhq

🤩👏And massive congratulations to Victor Dewulf & Peter Hedley from Applied AI 2.0's @recycleye, as well as Ali Tehrani from @AstroscreenHQ and Nicolai Baldin from @Synthesizedio who were both on Applied AI 1.0 #ForbesUnder30 forbes.com/30-under-30/20…

Congratulations to our CEO @Tehranix for making this year’s @Forbes 30 under 30 list! forbes.com/30-under-30/20…

Easily identify, mute, and block trolls in your Twitter feed meow.ph/moderate

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The theme of #StatsDay2020 is “Connecting the world with data we can trust”. Find out how UCL startup @AstroscreenHQ is mapping the spread of online misinformation: bit.ly/2BXfTnF @ucltf @UCLgeography

UCL startup @AstroscreenHQ’s software and analysts are using their technology to make social networks safer. Find out more: bit.ly/2BXfTnF

Major report by @alexstamos, @noUpside, @shelbygrossman et al. for US Senate Intel Cmttee on Russian election interference bit.ly/2KqXDUZ One of the most detailed analyses of the social media operation by the GRU to date - and how the disinfo 'playbook' differs from IRA

. @instagram has begun hiding the number of likes on posts in an attempt to boost engagement based on genuine interest rather than pure virality. While only a test run, could hiding likes be a major shift in the way we interact with social media content? bit.ly/2CK9skP

. @cward1e of @firstdraftnews "We should develop more emotional skepticism because when we see something as we're standing in line for coffee and … we reshare it without thinking, that's by design. They want us to not be critical." cbsn.ws/2CXhTcV

No just platforms have responsibility to 'clean up digital politics'. @lmneudert & @pnhoward of @oiioxford in @guardianopinion calling on parties to provide transparent info about online activities. A timely call for accountability beyond Facebook & Co. bit.ly/2Kk4jnL

This got v little coverage but the Int. Grand Cmmttee on disinfo called for a moratorium on micro-targeted pol ads last week. The Committee was chaired by @1Hildegarde @EamonRyan @lawlessj who were joined in Dublin by MPs from the UK, US, AU, EE, SG & GE bit.ly/32Ne449

. @FirstDraftNews has collated findings of 'fake news' on social media that their fact-checking initiative 'CrossCheck' debunked so far. If these are only from the first week of campaigning, we are in for a busy month. bit.ly/2CI23T3

Facebook is loosing fight against disinfo ahead of the 2020 US election. @Avaaz researchers estimate that the top 100 political fake news posts got 158.9m views, with 8.9m interactions - that is 1.5 times more interactions than ahead of 2016 election. bit.ly/2qOVRGe

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@JustinTrudeau @liberal_party @NDP 🔎 Conclusion: There was little disinfo/social media manipulation targeting 🇨🇦. The government, media and civil society’s preparedness may have deterred some from attempting to sway the vote using digital means. For more info see our feature on @CBCNews cbc.ca/news/politics/…

@JustinTrudeau @liberal_party @NDP We also found 188 tweets containing “Andrew Scheer won't win. #cdnpoli #elxn43” that were posted by 186 unique accounts. The vast majority of these tweets were sent on 8 Oct 2019. Of the 186 accounts involved, Astroscreen identified 79 to have a low credibility score. 10/

🇨🇦 Disinformation campaigns during the Canadian elections? We took a closer look at inauthentic activity on Facebook and Twitter. Here is what we found 📊 1/