Computational propaganda in Brazil : social bots during elections
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Computational propaganda in Brazil : social bots during elections
Arnaudo, Dan | 2017
Resumo
Computational propaganda can take the form of automated accounts (bots)
spreading information, algorithmic manipulation and the spread of fake news to
shape public opinion, amongst other methods. These techniques are being used in
combination with the analysis and usage of large data sets of information about
citizens held by corporations and governments. This form of propaganda is
spreading to countries all over the world, most notably during the 2016 US
presidential elections and the run-up to the UK's referendum to leave the European
Union (Brexit). This working paper examines the use of computational propaganda
in Brazil, the largest country in Latin America and a critical part of the global
internet. This examination takes the form of the study of three recent cases of the
use of computational propaganda in Brazil: the 2014 presidential elections, the
impeachment of former president Dilma Rousseff and the 2016 municipal elections
in Rio de Janeiro. It examines the legal framework governing the internet and the
electoral process online, particularly how this process relates to computational
propaganda. In addition, it seeks to understand how bots are involved in
multifarious economic and political themes, and in ongoing debates in the country
about corruption, privatization, and social and economic reform. Through a
collection and analysis of hashtags related to major investigations into corruption in
politics, as well as to proposed reforms to the social support systems and protests
related to them, the working paper identifies bots that are involved in these
debates and how they operate. Finally, it looks at potential responses to this kind of
propaganda, from legal, technical and organizational perspectives, as well as at
some indications of future trends in the use of these techniques in Brazilian society
and politics.
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Campanha eleitoral; Eleição; Brasil
Outros assuntos
Bot; Eleição presidencial; Fake newsReferência
ARNAUDO, Dan. Computational propaganda in Brazil: social bots during elections. Computational Propaganda Research Project, Oxford, n. 2017.8, p. 2-38, 2017.
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