The spread of low-credibility content by social bots

The spread of low-credibility content by social bots

Online misinformation is a threat to a well-informed electorate and undermines democracy. Here, the authors analyse the spread of articles on Twitter, find that bots play a major role in the spread of low-credibility content and suggest control measures for limiting the spread of misinformation.

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Autores principales: Chengcheng Shao, Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia, Onur Varol, Kai-Cheng Yang, Alessandro Flammini, Filippo Menczer
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2018
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f3b318f0d77d4713a6baeb60f4313f4e2021-12-02T14:38:51ZThe spread of low-credibility content by social bots10.1038/s41467-018-06930-72041-1723https://doaj.org/article/f3b318f0d77d4713a6baeb60f4313f4e2018-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06930-7https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Online misinformation is a threat to a well-informed electorate and undermines democracy. Here, the authors analyse the spread of articles on Twitter, find that bots play a major role in the spread of low-credibility content and suggest control measures for limiting the spread of misinformation.Chengcheng ShaoGiovanni Luca CiampagliaOnur VarolKai-Cheng YangAlessandro FlamminiFilippo MenczerNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2018)
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Kai-Cheng Yang
Alessandro Flammini
Filippo Menczer
The spread of low-credibility content by social bots
description Online misinformation is a threat to a well-informed electorate and undermines democracy. Here, the authors analyse the spread of articles on Twitter, find that bots play a major role in the spread of low-credibility content and suggest control measures for limiting the spread of misinformation.
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author Chengcheng Shao
Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia
Onur Varol
Kai-Cheng Yang
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