Friday, January 11, 2019

Disinformation and democracy - Fake news, bots and trolls. What's the big deal?

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European Parliamentary Research Service




The techniques used by anti-democratic state and non-state actors to disrupt or influence democratic processes are constantly evolving. The use of algorithms, automation and artificial intelligence is boosting the scope and the efficiency of disinformation campaigns and related cyber-activities. In response, the EU is stepping up its efforts to protect its democratic processes from manipulation ahead of the European elections in May 2019.

Listen to Naja Bentzen, an EPRS policy analyst, explaining the issues in 3 key questions on Disinformation and democracy.

Or read more in our publications:

Computational propaganda techniques: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinkta...

Foreign influence operations in the EU: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinkta...

From post-truth to post-trust?: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinkta...

Understanding conspiracy theory: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinkta...








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