RICK REA: Helping You Grow Through Online Marketing
  • Home
  • Blog
    • Social Media News
    • SEO Marketing News
    • Digital Trends News
    • Photography News
    • Mobile Marketing
    • Business News
    • Gadget News
    • Printing News
  • Contact
  • About
  • Subscribe


Twitter opens archive of 4500 accounts related to Russia and Irans political propaganda

10/17/2018

0 Comments

 


Twitter opens archive of 4,500 accounts related to Russia and Iran’s political propaganda

https://ift.tt/2pYC4QQ

After getting hauled into Washington to be grilled over how its social media platform was exploited to influence public opinion around elections and politics in the US and elsewhere, Twitter vowed that it would be more open with its data, in an attempt to do better in the future — the idea partly being that others can provide more insight into what nefarious groups did on Twitter, and partly people will not mistrust Twitter in its own intentions to keep this off its platform. Now it’s coming good on some of that.

Today, Twitter released a set of data files detailing Tweets and other actions taken by more than 4,500 accounts on the site linked to state-backed information operations, specifically: 3,841 accounts associated with Russia’s Internet Research Agency and 770 other accounts “potentially originating in Iran.”

While Twitter had revealed the account numbers previously, this is the first time that it’s unveiling actual Tweets and more from the data trove behind them. The files total more than 360 gigabytes and include more than 10 million Tweets; more than 2 million images, GIFs, videos, and Periscope broadcasts; and a list of datapoints detailing more about those accounts and their Tweets — how many followers and who they followed; the geolocation of their Tweets; polls that were run and more.

The trove goes back as far as these accounts do. In some cases, certain accounts go back as far as 2009, Twitter said. That in itself is very interesting: it could be a measure of how nefarious people were hijacking dormant accounts, or a measure of the long game that the most malicious groups play.

These files are for those who want to take a peek into just what groups like Russia’s Internet Agency and people out of Iran got up to on Twitter, but especially for those who might be able to map out and make better sense of the data than Twitter has done up to now.

“It is clear that information operations and coordinated inauthentic behavior will not cease,” write Vijaya Gadde and Yoel Roth, respectively Twitter’s legal, policy and trust and safety lead, and head of site integrity. “These types of tactics have been around for far longer than Twitter has existed — they will adapt and change as the geopolitical terrain evolves worldwide and as new technologies emerge. For our part, we are committed to understanding how bad-faith actors use our services. We will continue to proactively combat nefarious attempts to undermine the integrity of Twitter, while partnering with civil society, government, our industry peers, and researchers to improve our collective understanding of coordinated attempts to interfere in the public conversation.”

Twitter notes that the data does not include deleted Tweets prior to suspension, although it also said that these would account for less than 1 percent of overall activity.

Going forward, Twitter said that it plans to release similar datasets as and when it identifies them, “in a timely fashion after we complete our investigations,” and also may release incremental datasets if they appear to be significant and materially impacting.

In cases where accounts have less than 5,000 followers, Twitter said that it has hashed identifying fields like user ID and screen name in the public files linked today. “While we’ve taken every possible precaution to ensure there are no false positives in these datasets, we’ve hashed these fields to reduce the potential negative impact on real or compromised accounts — while still enabling longitudinal research, network analysis, and assessment of the underlying content created by these accounts.”

To that end, it’s also including a form for people to fill out if they feel they’ve been included in error.





Social Media

via Twitter – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com

October 17, 2018 at 06:14PM

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.


    Amazing WeightLoss

    Click Here!

    Categories

    All
    Analyze Top Competitors
    Anti-Abuse
    Apple
    Apple Watch
    Blog Posts
    Brainstorm
    Brand Awareness
    Communications
    Content Marketing
    Conversion Rates
    Editorial Calendar Tips
    Engagement
    Facebook
    Google Analytics
    How To Marketing Tips
    Influencer
    Instagram
    Instagram Live
    Keyword Search
    Marketing
    Marketing Automation
    Picture Quotes
    Podcasts
    Recording Videos
    Repurpose Blogs
    Research Trends
    Sales Funnel
    SEO Marketing
    Sharing Posts
    Slide Shows
    Smartwatch
    Social Media Marketing
    Social Media News
    Social Media Tools
    Social Selling
    Target Marketing
    Twitter
    Twitter Notifications
    User Interaction
    Video
    Video Marketing

    Archives

    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017

    RSS Feed

All content copyrighted (C) 2010 ~ 2020
​All Photos & Content Used Under Creative Commons
​www.RickRea.com 701-200-7831
Privacy Policy
  • Home
  • Blog
    • Social Media News
    • SEO Marketing News
    • Digital Trends News
    • Photography News
    • Mobile Marketing
    • Business News
    • Gadget News
    • Printing News
  • Contact
  • About
  • Subscribe