Fake, misleading social media posts exploding globally, Oxford study finds
By Greg Gordon
July 20, 2018 06:00 AM
Updated July 19, 2018 05:34 PM
Russia’s social media blitz to influence the 2016 U.S. election was part of a global “phenomenon†in which a broad spectrum of governments and political parties used Internet platforms to spread junk news and disinformation in at least 48 countries last year, an Oxford University study has found.
Including U.S. government programs aimed at countering extremists such as Islamic fundamentalists, about $500 million has been spent worldwide on research, development or implementation of social media “psychological operations†since 2010, the authors estimated.
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