/misinfo_bot

Analysis and report on the spread on misinformation on Twitter.

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misinfo_bot

Analysis and report on the spread on misinformation on Twitter, using a machine learning algorithm.

Data

Datasets were too large to upload on Github. They can be found here: https://botometer.iuni.iu.edu/bot-repository/datasets.html

Under this name (on that page): cresci-2017

Description: A dataset of (i) genuine, (ii) traditional, and (iii) social spambot Twitter accounts, annotated by CrowdFlower contributors. Released in CSV format.

Research Report

  • AKelly_bot_classify.pdf

Threat assesment and explanation of methods for classifying bot accounts on twitter using the above datasets.

Algorithm

Using k-means clustering to classify objects into groups.

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