{"id":4613,"date":"2017-08-10T11:42:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T11:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dataethics.eu\/?p=4613"},"modified":"2017-08-10T12:36:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T12:36:36","slug":"research-state-sponsored-social-media-manipulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dataethics.eu\/da\/research-state-sponsored-social-media-manipulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Research: State-Sponsored Social Media Manipulation"},"content":{"rendered":"
Research. Cybertroops are government, military or political party teams committed to manipulating public opinion over social media. Cyber troops are a pervasive and global phenomenon. Many different countries employ significant numbers of people and resources to manage and manipulate public opinion online, sometimes targeting domestic audiences and sometimes targeting foreign publics.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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These are the findings in a paper at from Oxford University’s Internet Institute. The institute is running a xx-year project,\u00a0 The Computational Propaganda Research Propject <\/a>(COMPROP), investigating the interaction of algorithms, automation and politics. This working paper reports on specific organizations created, often with public money, to help define and manage what is in the best interest of the public.<\/div>\n
The paper compare such organizations across 28 countries. It catalogues their organizational forms and evaluate their capacities in terms of budgets and staffing and summarizes the findings of the first comprehensive inventory of the major organizations behind social media manipulation.<\/div>\n
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\"\"The executive summary:<\/div>\n