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A new book is scheduled to be released in June. new scientist We have a responsibility. In the summer of 2020, I wrote this column about research led by computational social scientist Maysam Alizadeh. He worked on algorithmically predicting waves of propaganda on Twitter and Reddit. Alizadeh said he and his colleagues want to create a “propaganda weather forecast” so people on social media can be forewarned about upcoming influence campaigns. It seemed like a great idea.
While we were talking, I told Alizadeh something. complex psychological manipulation A (psy ops) campaign I witnessed on Twitter –…
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