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Absolutely delighted to see the Routledge Handbook of the Influence Industry being used to help define the scope of this excellent new conference. And it looks a great event to submit a paper to! 'Propaganda and Influence: New Historiographical Perspectives' https://calenda.org/1217954?lang=en #propaganda #disinformation #influenceoperations #infoops #influenceindustry

Absolutely delighted to see the Routledge Handbook of the Influence Industry being used to help define the scope of this excellent new conference. And it looks a great event to submit a paper to! 'Propaganda and Influence: New Historiographical Perspectives' https://calenda.org/1217954?lang=en #propaganda #disinformation #influenceoperations #infoops #influenceindustry

Absolutely delighted to see the Routledge Handbook of the Influence Industry being used to help define the scope of this excellent new conference. And it looks a great event to submit a paper to! 'Propaganda and Influence: New Historiographical Perspectives' https://calenda.org/1217954?lang=en #propaganda #disinformation #influenceoperations #infoops #influenceindustry

Absolutely delighted to see the Routledge Handbook of the Influence Industry being used to help define the scope of this excellent new conference. And it looks a great event to submit a paper to! 'Propaganda and Influence: New Historiographical Perspectives' https://calenda.org/1217954?lang=en #propaganda #disinformation #influenceoperations #infoops #influenceindustry

Absolutely delighted to see the Routledge Handbook of the Influence Industry being used to help define the scope of this excellent new conference. And it looks a great event to submit a paper to! 'Propaganda and Influence: New Historiographical Perspectives' https://calenda.org/1217954?lang=en #propaganda #disinformation #influenceoperations #infoops #influenceindustry

The Influence Industry in paraguayan elections: The need for electoral reforms in Paraguay

With the support of Tactical Tech, we developed a project to explore the "Influence Industry" and the landscape of digital campaigns during the elections in Paraguay. After several months of research, this effort culminated

https://www.tedic.org/en/the-influence-industry-2/

#Blog #Democracia #DigitalCampaigns #elections #ElectronicVoting #InfluenceIndustry #Paraguay #PersonalData #PolicyBrief

The Influence Industry in paraguayan elections: The need for electoral reforms in Paraguay

With the support of Tactical Tech, we developed a project to explore the "Influence Industry" and the landscape of digital campaigns during the elections in Paraguay. After several months of research, this effort culminated

https://www.tedic.org/en/the-influence-industry-2/

#Blog #Democracia #DigitalCampaigns #elections #ElectronicVoting #InfluenceIndustry #Paraguay #PersonalData #PolicyBrief

The Influence Industry in paraguayan elections: The need for electoral reforms in Paraguay

With the support of Tactical Tech, we developed a project to explore the "Influence Industry" and the landscape of digital campaigns during the elections in Paraguay. After several months of research, this effort culminated

https://www.tedic.org/en/the-influence-industry-2/

#Blog #Democracia #DigitalCampaigns #elections #ElectronicVoting #InfluenceIndustry #Paraguay #PersonalData #PolicyBrief

The Influence Industry in paraguayan elections: The need for electoral reforms in Paraguay

With the support of Tactical Tech, we developed a project to explore the "Influence Industry" and the landscape of digital campaigns during the elections in Paraguay. After several months of research, this effort culminated

https://www.tedic.org/en/the-influence-industry-2/

#Blog #Democracia #DigitalCampaigns #elections #ElectronicVoting #InfluenceIndustry #Paraguay #PersonalData #PolicyBrief

The Influence Industry in paraguayan elections: The need for electoral reforms in Paraguay

With the support of Tactical Tech, we developed a project to explore the "Influence Industry" and the landscape of digital campaigns during the elections in Paraguay. After several months of research, this effort culminated

https://www.tedic.org/en/the-influence-industry-2/

#Blog #Democracia #DigitalCampaigns #elections #ElectronicVoting #InfluenceIndustry #Paraguay #PersonalData #PolicyBrief

The «Influence Industry» in the Paraguayan Elections: analysis of actors and recommendations

From TEDIC, in collaboration with Tactical Tech, we delve into the complex and unexplored scene of digital campaigns during election times in Paraguay through our recent Policy Brief "Influence Industry". This document is approached as a pol

https://www.tedic.org/en/the-influence-industry/

#Blog #Democracia #campaing #democracy #elections #InfluenceIndustry #Paraguay #PersonalData #policy

The influence industry's Russian AI tool to mass-produce #propaganda rolled out. https://www.recordedfuture.com/russia-linked-copycop-uses-llms-to-weaponize-influence-content-at-scale #influenceindustry #disinformation #influenceoperations #russia #ukraine

📣 Calling educators, teachers, and facilitators working on elections worldwide!

If you are interested in hosting
✅ Workshops on voter literacy to empower citizens to make their own decisions in advance of election day;
✅ Trainings to support journalists, investigators, researchers, and students in monitoring and investigating digital and data-driven elections

you can’t miss out on the two free workshops by the #InfluenceIndustry Project on 24 & 25 January

Sign up here: https://influenceindustry.org/en/highlights/train-trainers-workshops-2024-elections/

Political groups engage with technology and work with private firms to influence voters' opinions and decisions. #DemocracyDay Check the latest #InfluenceIndustry research and resources by researchers, journalists and civil society to empower civic engagement💪: https://tacticaltech.org/news/latest/whats-new-on-the-Influence-Industry-Project/

🗳️🤔Citizens have the right to know if their data is used to persuade them before elections. 🔎 Discover the latest #InfluenceIndustry research and resources examining how political groups work with private firms to influence voters' opinions. #DemocracyDay ➡️ https://influenceindustry.org

Our Investigating the #InfluenceIndustry Summer School 2023 starts today! 45+ academics, researchers & journalists from around the world come together to learn about data-driven political campaigns & investigations. Learn more about the Influence Industry:https://influenceindustry.org/

New #InfluenceIndustry case study alert🚨!
This research by Rayan Shaya explores if the campaign messages ran during the Lebanese election through Facebook were appropriately attributed & if the Facebook measures were accomplishing transparency. Read➡️ https://influenceindustry.org/en/explorer/case-studies/lebanon-disclaimers-meta/

We are calling journalists, researchers & civil society investigators worldwide interested in investigating the political #InfluenceIndustry & how personal data & data-driven technologies influence voters, elections & political processes. Apply by 5th July https://influenceindustry.org/en/highlights/call-summerschool-2023/

Applications for the Investigating the #InfluenceIndustry summer school are open! Journalists, researchers & investigators apply to learn about:
💡tools & tactics used by political actors & companies
💡investigation techniques
💡best practices
APPLY NOW: https://influenceindustry.org/en/highlights/call-summerschool-2023/

Work with us! #TheInfluenceIndustry project seeks:
1. A professional Instructional Design consultant to develop workshop curricula: https://influenceindustry.org/en/highlights/call-instructional-design-hub/
2. A Research Assistant to enhance the information in our #InfluenceIndustry Explorer: https://influenceindustry.org/en/highlights/call-research-assistant/
📅June 18

There are companies playing a key role in political campaigns & elections worldwide. The #InfluenceIndustry Explorer includes info on 500 of them.
🔍Explore the data by country & work type
🗄️Access databases & sources
💾Download & analyse data
More info: https://influenceindustry.org/en/explorer/companies/

Looking to understand how political advertising can influence people's opinions🤔🗳️? Our #InfluenceIndustry piece "Google Ads in election campaigns" looks at the advertising possibilities offered & how political campaigns use them. Check it out now! https://influenceindustry.org/en/explorer/case-studies/google-ads/

🗳️Discover the companies that play a role in political elections worldwide with the #InfluenceIndustry Explorer.
💡Explore the data by country, dates & type of work.
💡Access the links & other sources.
💡Download the data, create analyses & stories.
https://influenceindustry.org/en/explorer/companies/

Politicians adjust their images to maintain or gain power; with current technology, information on how politicians & campaigns are perceived & what voters are saying and doing is readily available. Wanna know more? Check out our #InfluenceIndustry module: https://influenceindustry.org/en/learn/resources/how-data-logic-alters-politics/

📈🗳️ How is personal data used in election campaigns? Our new #InfluenceIndustry module explores the ethical issues & questions that arise when #datadriven #campaign techniques are used. Learn about implicit bias, data logic flaws, privacy rights & more.👉 https://influenceindustry.org/en/highlights/highlight-module-4/

Political campaigns using personal data can seriously affect citizens' capacity to participate in politics.

Learn more about the dilemmas of using personal data for political influence in the new #InfluenceIndustry learning module 💡! #Privacy #Politics ➡️https://influenceindustry.org/en/learn/dilemmas-personal-data-political-influence/

My free to access #Propaganda Bibliography has been further updated and expanded with more texts... do check it out and please consider supporting my work and accessing my exclusive articles and documents while you are there! https://www.patreon.com/posts/78981573 #disinformation #socialmedia #influenceindustry #PR

In 2019, Meta’s ad platform gave India’s ruling party an edge over political competitors.

Listen to the #InfluenceIndustry interview with @Kum_Sambhav, @reporters_co co-founder, about this journalistic work & data privacy legislation in #India.

🎧 https://influenceindustry.org/en/resources/full-interview-sambhav/

[Poll] Political groups use advertising possibilities offered by Google to influence people's perceptions & decisions🗳️. Should more measures exist to limit & control the political parties spending on digital advertising?

Find out more➡️https://influenceindustry.org/en/explorer/case-studies/google-ads/ #InfluenceIndustry

@GuyBerger this needs to be built on an understanding of the #influenceindustry which we simply do not have because no one is funding that research.

So a few years ago now in my teaching at @bardcollege I told students why I thought AI generated text was a more worrying future for propaganda and than the #deepfakes most media and #disinformation experts were having trendy stress-outs over at the time. I’m seeing this now widely incorporated into the #influenceindustry and meanwhile the people having stress-outs over deepfakes are having fun making stories with #ChatGPT 1/2

How are Google ads designed & delivered to the users? How ads are used by election consultants & digital campaign marketers?

Find the answers in our latest #InfluenceIndustry case study by Glyn Thomas ➡️ https://influenceindustry.org/en/explorer/case-studies/google-ads/

NEW COURT DOCUMENTS REVEAL WIDER #CAMBRIDGEANALYTICA #DATA HARVESTING Even in academia people still respond with disbelief when I talk about what #Facebook #Meta did as deliberate. People assume it’s exaggerated. I’ve long worked to reveal actors and #influenceindustry of manipulators this enabled. The hidden world I research presents an incredible threat to democracy and our right to freedom of thought. https://twitter.com/damiancollins/status/1619256435610890240?s=46&t=l2m3T8h_owhv5TWn7XT_xg

Worldwide, data on citizens is being collected, traded & utilised to influence their political views🗳️.

Our #InfluenceIndustry project increases awareness of this industry, its actors, its strategies & the technologies they use. #DataPrivacyDay
More Info: https://influenceindustry.org

Worldwide, data on citizens is being collected, traded & utilised to influence their political views🗳️.

Our #InfluenceIndustry project increases awareness of this industry, its actors, its strategies & the technologies they use. #DataPrivacyDay More Info: https://influenceindustry.org/

Political groups have adapted their influence strategies to new tech creating a hybrid media system in which mediating companies & consultants are key.
Explore our #InfluenceIndustry hub to know how political influence has changed over the last 100 years➡️https://influenceindustry.org/en/learn/resources/history-data-campaigns/

In many ways, data-driven technologies have allowed political groups to target individuals with content to influence their knowledge, behaviours or beliefs👀.

Find out more about how this happens in our #InfluenceIndustry learning hub! https://influenceindustry.org/en/learn/resources/data-as-political-influence/