misinformation Archives • MarvelousAI

04 Oct 2019

Whistleblower Projection: #whatabout Biden?

Credibility, Election Coverage, Influence Campaigns, Misinformation

TL;DR: Trump's core supporters are uniting in attacks on Joe Biden, trying to redirect the corruption narrative away from their hero and onto the Democratic candidate. Impeachment: Off We Go On September 24, House Democrats began a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump, spurred by a whistleblower complaint. The complaint…

06 Sep 2019

By Christopher Walker

The Future is Here: Preparing for 2020

Influence Campaigns, Information Security, Misinformation

While researching for an upcoming workshop on counter-measures for misinformation attacks, I came across an article published in 1995 by Col. Richard Szafranski (USAF) with the ominous subtitle Preparing for 2020. Even more ominously, it ends with this passage, predating social media: The United States should expect that its information…

05 Sep 2019

By MarvelousAI

Wanna Know What We Did This Summer…

Influence Campaigns, Information Security, Misinformation, Uncategorized

This summer was extremely productive at MarvelousAI. As the presidential primary kicks back into full swing, we are laser-focused on tracking the daily information struggles around the candidates and their campaigns. So it seems a good time to take stock of our recent accomplishments. Misinfosec Framework In collaboration with the…

13 May 2019

By Danielle Deibler

Preview: MisinfoWorkshop2019

Misinformation

Here is a sneak peak of the poster for the upcoming MisinfoWorkshop2019 WWW19 Misinfosec Poster International Workshop on Misinformation, Computational Fact-Checking and Credible Web May 14, 2019, San Francisco, CA, USA Co-located with The Web Conference 2019

22 Feb 2019

By Christopher Walker

Defining a Front-Runner: Online Trolls versus Kamala Harris

Credibility, Election Coverage, Political Bias

tl;dr In this post we elaborate on reporting from Politico about influence campaigns using recent work at Marvelous AI: we demonstrate a persistent, escalating effort to define Kamala Harris on Twitter; we summarize two prominent stories that factor in several narrative themes about her candidacy; we present a nascent framework…