Samantha Bradshaw is a researcher at the Computational Propaganda Project and a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute. She’s been tracking the phenomenon of political manipulation through social media.
https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/samantha-bradshaw/
https://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/
https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/
You can find Samantha on Twitter – https://twitter.com/sbradshaww
The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon – https://twitter.com/craigcannon
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Topics
:30 – What is a bot?
2:30 – When computational propaganda began
3:30 – Changes in bot tactics since 2016
5:30 – Using bots for content creation
7:05 – WhatsApp and the upcoming Indian election
9:00 – Trends in computational propaganda
10:30 – How bots integrate into platforms
13:00 – Responsibilities of platforms to remove fake accounts
14:30 – The role of governments in media manipulation
17:55 – Fake news and selecting news that aligns with your beliefs
19:30 – Are platforms getting better or worse?
21:10 – Samantha’s personal internet habits
22:40 – Sentiment around tracking in the UK vs the US
24:00 – The Mueller report and US midterms
28:45 – Canadian elections
29:55 – 2020 US elections
30:30 – Deepfakes
31:25 – Optimistic thoughts for the future
32:45 – How to help against computational propaganda
