Foreign Interference in the 2020 Election: Tools for Detecting Online Election Interference

Abstract

This report, the second in a series on information efforts by foreign actors, describes what appears to be an instance of election interference on Twitter using <em>trolls</em> (fake personas spreading a variety of hyperpartisan themes) and <em>superconnectors</em> (highly networked accounts that can spread messages effectively and quickly). The report describes the methods used to identify the questionable accounts and lists recommendations for response.

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