NSF, Defense-funded research designed to counter
misinformation campaigns
Complex networks researchers at Indiana University have
developed a tool that helps anyone determine whether a Twitter account is
operated by a human or an automated software application known as a social bot.
The new analysis tool stems from research at the IU Bloomington School of
Informatics and Computing funded by the U.S. Department of Defense to counter
technology-based misinformation and deception campaigns.