[liberationtech] BotSlayer

[Yosem Companys]

BotSlayer is aimed at helping journalists and the general public spot
automated social-media campaigns while they are happening. At Indiana
University’s Observatory on Social Media, we are uncovering and analyzing
how false and misleading information spreads online. One focus of our work
has been to devise ways to identify inauthentic accounts being run with the
help of software, rather than by individual humans. We also develop maps of
how online misinformation spreads among people and how it competes with
reliable information sources across social media sites. However, we have
also noticed that journalists, political campaigns, small businesses and
even the public at large may have a better sense than we do of what online
discussions are most likely to attract the attention of those who control
automated propaganda systems. We receive many requests from individuals and
organizations who need help collecting and analyzing social media data.
That is why, as a public service, we combined many of the capabilities and
software tools our observatory has built into a free, unified software
package, letting more people join our efforts to identify and combat
manipulation and misinformation campaigns.

https://theconversation.com/you-can-join-the-effort-to-expose-twitter-bots-124377
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.ghserv.net/pipermail/lt/attachments/20191128/afe43ed5/attachment-0001.html>