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How foreign operations are manipulating social media to influence your views

  • Written by Filippo Menczer, Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
imageRussians, Chinese, Iranians – even Israelis – are trying to affect what you believe.Sean Gladwell/Moment via Getty Images

Foreign influence campaigns, or information operations, have been widespread in the run-up to the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Influence campaigns are large-scale efforts to shift public opinion, push false...

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