The Montreal AI Ethics Institute showcased our research on bot influence and political polarization at the bird site, with a case study on Chilean politics in 2020. It has a nice network visualization made with #matplotlib and #graphtool.

Link: https://montrealethics.ai/bots-dont-vote-but-they-surely-bother-a-study-of-anomalous-accounts-in-a-national-referendum/

Bots don’t Vote, but They Surely Bother! A Study of Anomalous Accounts in a National Referendum | Montreal AI Ethics Institute

🔬 Research Summary by Eduardo Graells-Garrido and Ricardo Baeza-Yates. Eduardo Graells-Garrido is Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science in Universidad de Chile. He is interested in…

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