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Political deepfakes and misleading chatbots: Understanding the use of GenAI in recent European elections
This white paper documents the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) during a range of recent European elections in 2024: …
Riedl MJ
What makes an influence operation malign?
Companies, politicians, and governments are constantly working to motivate audiences to think and act favorably toward them. Think of a …
Yadav K, Riedl MJ, Wanless A, Woolley S
Abortion activists are targets of violent, gendered threats after overturn of Roe
At the University of Texas at Austin’s Propaganda Research Lab, we conducted 19 interviews with pro- and anti-abortion activists in the …
Martin Z, Riedl MJ, Hollander E, Trauthig I
TikTok has a political influencer problem targeted at Gen Z voters
Government officials across the United States continue to panic about TikTok. Fears about whether the Chinese-owned social media …
Woolley S, Riedl MJ, Lukito J
Will the FEC finally rein in political influencers on social media?
In the endless battle for consumers’ digital attention, conventional advertisers bid on ad space for custom audiences. They place …
Riedl MJ, Woolley S
Talking politics on WhatsApp: A survey of Cuban, Indian, and Mexican American diaspora communities in the United States

Meta’s WhatsApp is a communication tool of growing general importance in the United States and is already very popular with diasporic …

Riedl MJ, Ozawa JVS, Woolley S, Garimella K
Computational propaganda is here to stay: What to expect in elections in 2022
A torrent of course-changing elections are set to take place around the globe in 2022. In the United States, contentious federal …
Riedl MJ, Trauthig I, Woolley S
Location-based targeting: History, usage, and related concerns

Location-based targeting is increasingly being utilized in political campaigns and is often a subject of concern for privacy advocates. …

Iyer P, Riedl MJ, Trauthig IK, Woolley S
The disinformation threat to diaspora communities in encrypted chat apps
Gursky J, Riedl MJ, Woolley S
How to signal trust in a Google search
The Center for Media Engagement tested whether certain information about a news outlet can affect trust when shown in a Knowledge Panel …
Lee T, Wilhelm C, Masullo GM, Riedl MJ, Gonçalves J, Stroud NJ