Botometer

Tool to calculate likelihood an account is automated (a bot). Formerly known as BotOrNot, part of OSoMe at IU. Pls read FAQ before asking about permissions!

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Bots impersonating real immigration lawyers on TikTok to scam vulnerable communities, so tragic
https://t.co/dfUsMK67Ec

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Russian disinfo using AI deepfake and fake social media account to manipulate US voters. Surprised?

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Don't miss our first OSoMe Awesome Speaker: James Shanahan!
📷 Monday, October 26, 2026
📷 12:00–1:00 PM ET
Talk: Historical Fears About Media: The Case of TV Violence
Register: https://t.co/lymf0GYUVV

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Would you consider these political deepfake ads a form of manipulation or just a new editing tool?

$137 Million in A.I.-Generated Ads Flood the Midterms

https://t.co/RH1h8aYEOU

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New Nature Health perspective 🧪

The invisible risks of AI-generated health information
https://t.co/SOnSdGBLVp

We argue that these risks are serious, yet hidden from the institutions responsible for protecting public health

w/ @mdeverna2 @yang3kc @YyjHarry

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Check out our full lineup of OSoMe Awesome Speakers for this semester and register at https://t.co/LexkCQpwNU

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@harry_wood @somayaji99 @cpscott16 @pewresearch @timothyjgraham Trying… not yet

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🧪 AI agents are easily radicalized, particularly when messages resonate with their persona beliefs, raising concerns about the vulnerability of people who use them
Preprint: https://t.co/olfVe2jjMe
w/ @ozgurcanseckin @shalmolighosh94 @KristinaLerman & al

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Get in, folks: a new Russian disinfo campaign is targeting the midterms, specifically Democrats, in what seems to be the first attempt by the Kremlin-backed op to meddle in this year’s U.S. elections. They're faking celebrity videos attacking Dems and are...very stupid.

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Just another AI slop content farm
https://t.co/HxWx0PoDB9

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Monetized Slopaganda: Social Media Monetization Is Financing an Industry of AI Political Clickbait and Deepfakes

https://t.co/QT31w2bQZu

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@antibot4navalny @elonmusk Anyway, I guess I have to watch this space until November. If you see something, say something! https://t.co/kZtRYoUm4H

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How misinformation and AI hallucinations are infiltrating (probably not only) Australia’s parliament
https://t.co/hyJcechFD3

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Long but worth the read: This is medical advice*

The AI slop doctors of YouTube, the health disinformation they spread, the harm they cause, and the prompts instructing them to lie

https://t.co/ZcSS1WFQl2

h/t @Mantzarlis

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New #CIKM paper: Adversarial Creation & Detection of AI-Generated Social Bot Content

tl;dr: A model trained to separate social media users from their evil AI twins rocks at detecting AI bots in the wild!

Try it: https://t.co/DyLqlY7esq
Preprint: https://t.co/YlKz9Gikv6

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This is what passes for "independent reviews" these days... The CS conference-based publication system is broken beyond repair.

https://t.co/kXRfo0VvbF

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Political deepfake and AI-generated personas have persuasive power and many followers. Who's behind their influence campaigns? No way to know, and that's the point.

https://t.co/yn2a68PNCG

h/t @Mantzarlis

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Two examples of AI swarms—influence campaigns by AI-generated personas we described in Science:

1/2. Hundreds of fake influencers selling snake oil
https://t.co/ifGEdzadxD

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An AI agent emailed me asking semi-coherent research questions. I sent a semi-coherent reply drafted by Gmail-Gemini.

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https://t.co/4IO5OiB4iJ