![]() ![]() ![]() How do social media platforms combat accounts that spread disinformation? Edelson spoke to Scientific American about how an information war is being waged as the conflict continues. Since then, she says, platforms and governments have become more adept at combating this type of information warfare-and more willing to deplatform bad actors that deliberately spread disinformation. candidate in computer science at New York University. “There was a sense that the platforms just didn’t know what to do,” says Laura Edelson, a misinformation researcher and Ph.D. But their extent was unclear until after the election-and at the time, they were conducted with little pushback from social media platforms. Russia’s Internet Research Agency used similar disinformation campaigns to amplify propaganda about the U.S. These networks, which were comprised of fabricated accounts disguised with fake names and AI-generated profile images or hacked accounts, were sharing suspiciously similar anti-Ukraine talking points, suggesting they were being controlled by centralized sources linked to Russia and Belarus. Days after Russia invaded Ukraine, multiple social media platforms-including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube- announced they had dismantled coordinated networks of accounts spreading disinformation. ![]()
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