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.

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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

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