Astroscreen

We protect brands and defend democracy from harmful social media manipulation campaigns also known as astroturfing.

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We are delighted to announce our recent fundraise from a great group of investors to tackle the problem of social media manipulation!

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How much fake news can we identify on Twitter? Click for the stats, stay for the beautiful animation! https://t.co/nzxbcSAo7q

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Human vs automated activity on Twitter.

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Why User-Led Moderation Could Be The Answer To The Content Moderation Problem https://t.co/N7pYkFjp0e Written by @tehranix of @Astroscreenhq

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🤩👏And massive congratulations to Victor Dewulf & Peter Hedley from Applied AI 2.0's @recycleye, as well as Ali Tehrani from @AstroscreenHQ and Nicolai Baldin from @Synthesizedio who were both on Applied AI 1.0
#ForbesUnder30

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Congratulations to our CEO @Tehranix for making this year’s @Forbes 30 under 30 list!

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Easily identify, mute, and block trolls in your Twitter feed
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Beat the Twitter trolls with this NEW A.I.-powered moderation tool https://t.co/m4QaOVJSrg

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The theme of #StatsDay2020 is “Connecting the world with data we can trust”.

Find out how UCL startup @AstroscreenHQ is mapping the spread of online misinformation: https://t.co/6FHt46b7Yv

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UCL startup @AstroscreenHQ’s software and analysts are using their technology to make social networks safer.

Find out more: https://t.co/6FHt45TwzV

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Major report by @alexstamos, @noUpside, @shelbygrossman et al.
for US Senate Intel Cmttee on Russian election interference https://t.co/UUchbihQip
One of the most detailed analyses of the social media operation by the GRU to date - and how the disinfo 'playbook' differs from IRA

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. @instagram has begun hiding the number of likes on posts in an attempt to boost engagement based on genuine interest rather than pure virality. While only a test run, could hiding likes be a major shift in the way we interact with social media content? https://t.co/rrLVEew7mw

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. @cward1e of @firstdraftnews "We should develop more emotional skepticism because when we see something as we're standing in line for coffee and … we reshare it without thinking, that's by design. They want us to not be critical." https://t.co/Up7yV9Ek0P

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No just platforms have responsibility to 'clean up digital politics'. @lmneudert & @pnhoward of @oiioxford in @guardianopinion calling on parties to provide transparent info about online activities. A timely call for accountability beyond Facebook & Co. https://t.co/VVixOPOvRB

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This got v little coverage but the Int. Grand Cmmttee on disinfo called for a moratorium on micro-targeted pol ads last week. The Committee was chaired by @1Hildegarde @EamonRyan @lawlessj who were joined in Dublin by MPs from the UK, US, AU, EE, SG & GE https://t.co/D02eiIbi1N

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. @FirstDraftNews has collated findings of 'fake news' on social media that their fact-checking initiative 'CrossCheck' debunked so far. If these are only from the first week of campaigning, we are in for a busy month. https://t.co/s7YwykeSOH

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Facebook is loosing fight against disinfo ahead of the 2020 US election. @Avaaz researchers estimate that the top 100 political fake news posts got 158.9m views, with 8.9m interactions - that is 1.5 times more interactions than ahead of 2016 election. https://t.co/AFsNyGgych

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@JustinTrudeau @liberal_party @NDP 🔎 Conclusion: There was little disinfo/social media manipulation targeting 🇨🇦. The government, media and civil society’s preparedness may have deterred some from attempting to sway the vote using digital means. For more info see our feature on @CBCNews
https://t.co/brnO7KxchK

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🇨🇦 Disinformation campaigns during the Canadian elections? We took a closer look at inauthentic activity on Facebook and Twitter. Here is what we found 📊 1/

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@JustinTrudeau @liberal_party @NDP We also found 188 tweets containing “Andrew Scheer won't win. #cdnpoli #elxn43” that were posted by 186 unique accounts. The vast majority of these tweets were sent on 8 Oct 2019. Of the 186 accounts involved, Astroscreen identified 79 to have a low credibility score. 10/