The spread of low-credibility content by social bots

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 4787 - 9
• Main Authors: Shao, Chengcheng, Ciampaglia, Giovanni Luca, Varol, Onur, Yang, Kai-Cheng, Flammini, Alessandro, Menczer, Filippo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 20.11.2018; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/766/530/2801; 706/689/454; 706/689/522; 706/703/559; Cognitive ability; False information; Humanities and Social Sciences; Information dissemination; multidisciplinary; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Software agents

The massive spread of digital misinformation has been identified as a major threat to democracies. Communication, cognitive, social, and computer scientists are studying the complex causes for the viral diffusion of misinformation, while online platforms are beginning to deploy countermeasures. Litt...