Suspended accounts align with the Internet Research Agency misinformation campaign to influence the 2016 US election
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| author | Serafino, Matteo Zhou, Zhenkun Andrade, Jr., Jose S. Bovet, Alexandre Makse, Hernan A. |
| author_facet | Serafino, Matteo Zhou, Zhenkun Andrade, Jr., Jose S. Bovet, Alexandre Makse, Hernan A. |
| contents | The ongoing debate surrounding the impact of the Internet Research Agency s (IRA) social media campaign during the 2016 U.S. presidential election has largely overshadowed the involvement of other actors. Our analysis brings to light a substantial group of suspended Twitter users, outnumbering the IRA user group by a factor of 60, who align with the ideologies of the IRA campaign. Our study demonstrates that this group of suspended Twitter accounts significantly influenced individuals categorized as undecided or weak supporters, potentially with the aim of swaying their opinions, as indicated by Granger causality. |
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| spellingShingle | Suspended accounts align with the Internet Research Agency misinformation campaign to influence the 2016 US election Serafino, Matteo Zhou, Zhenkun Andrade, Jr., Jose S. Bovet, Alexandre Makse, Hernan A. Social and Information Networks Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability Physics and Society The ongoing debate surrounding the impact of the Internet Research Agency s (IRA) social media campaign during the 2016 U.S. presidential election has largely overshadowed the involvement of other actors. Our analysis brings to light a substantial group of suspended Twitter users, outnumbering the IRA user group by a factor of 60, who align with the ideologies of the IRA campaign. Our study demonstrates that this group of suspended Twitter accounts significantly influenced individuals categorized as undecided or weak supporters, potentially with the aim of swaying their opinions, as indicated by Granger causality. |
| title | Suspended accounts align with the Internet Research Agency misinformation campaign to influence the 2016 US election |
| topic | Social and Information Networks Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability Physics and Society |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.15365 |