UITS Track: Election Day

IU professor creates BotSlayer software to simply help reporters, basic tell that is public from truth in Tweets.

Election Day (Nov. 3) is merely 13 times away—as you research the applicants, will you be getting accurate information?

The BotSlayer software, manufactured by Filippo Menczer, manager for the IU Observatory on social media marketing, will allow you to monitor and detect possible manipulation of information spreading on Twitter.

BotSlayer utilizes an algorithm to flag hashtags, links, reports, and media which are trending and amplified in a fashion that is coordinated almost certainly by bots. A dashboard assists users explore the Tweets and reports connected with suspicious promotions via Twitter, visualize their spread, and search associated pictures and content on Bing.

In an article that is recent the Indiana Daily scholar, Menczer said, “. . .