Lie machines : how to save democracy from troll armies, deceitful robots, junk news operations, and political operatives /

Artificially intelligent "bot" accounts attack politicians and public figures on social media. Conspiracy theorists publish junk news sites to promote their outlandish beliefs. Campaigners create fake dating profiles to attract young voters. We live in a world of technologies that misdirec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Howard, Philip N. (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press [2020]
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv10sm8wg
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • The science and technology of lie machines
  • Production : troll armies and the organization of misinformation on social media
  • Distribution : deceitful robots and politics in code
  • Marketing : junk news operations and news we shouldn't use
  • Tracing impact and influence
  • Future-proof solutions for a data-rich democracy.