Reports & Analysis

This explains how social media can both weaken — and strengthen — democracy. Groups opposed to fundamental tenets of liberal democracy also have found their megaphone.

Now, there are ways to find out. New data shows that machine learning can identify content created by online political influence operations.

We find that IRA-operated Twitter accounts shared less junk news than one might have expected — relying instead on local news sources.

We examine whether IRA-operated Twitter accounts spread polarizing or misleading content on social media platforms in an attempt to influence the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.