Computer scientists develop tool for uncovering bot-controlled Twitter accounts
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 11:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Complex networks researchers at Indiana University have developed a tool that helps anyone determine whether a Twitter account is operated by a human or an automated software application known as a social bot. The new analysis tool stems from research at the IU Bloomington School of Informatics and Computing funded by the U.S. Department of Defense to counter technology-based misinformation and deception campaigns.