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Alum authors a report on computerized fake news in elections | Oxford Internet Institute

June 19, 2017

Author:

Dan Arnaudo
Oxford Internet Institute

Jackson School alumnus Daniel Arnaudo (MAIS, 2014), a specialist in Internet governance, has published a new report discussing computational propaganda in Brazil.

Computational propaganda is a form of automated accounts (bots) spreading information, algorithmic manipulation and fake news to shape public opinion.

The report, released by the Oxford Internet Institute on Computational Propaganda in Brazil, is part of a larger project, covering nine countries including the U.S., China, Russia, Germany and Canada.
Click here to read the full report

About the Author

Dan Arnaudo is an International Policy Institute Cybersecurity Fellow at the University of Washington studying information, infrastructure, international relations, Internet governance, and cybersecurity. He is an expert in Brazil's evolving political, social and technical systems that relate to the Internet. He earned an MS in Information Management and an MA in International Studies at UW. In 2013-2014, he was a Global Studies Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow in Portuguese.