This Title Is Manipulative: Tracking And Combating Online Influence in Politics

Disinformation specialists Valent Projects have found evidence of a significant online campaign against the extension of London's ULEZ, involving thousands of fake social media accounts. CTO Fergus McKenzie-Wilson explains their findings, and the complexity of tracking such campaigns online. Behavorial scientist Patrick Fagan, formerly lead psychologist at Cambridge Analytica, tells us about his new book on online manipulation and how to avoid it. Plus: Patrick English from YouGov on how voters feel about the government's migration policies. Hosted by Caroline Hepker and Stephen Carroll. 

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