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Foreign Interference in the 2020 Election: Tools for Detecting Online Election Interference
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marcellino, William
- Language:
- English
- Other Title:
- Foreign Interference in the 2020 Election
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, Calif. RAND Corporation 2020
- Summary:
- Given past threats to U.S. elections, it is possible that foreign actors will again try to influence the U.S. political campaign season of 2020 via social media. This report, the second in a series on information efforts by foreign actors, lays out the advocacy communities on Twitter that researchers identified as arguing about the election. It goes on to describe what appears to be an instance of election interference in these communities using trolls (fake personas spreading a variety of hyperpartisan themes) and superconnectors (highly networked accounts that can spread messages effectively and quickly). Although the origin of the accounts could not be identified definitively, this interference serves Russia's interests and matches Russia's interference playbook. The report describes the methods used to identify the questionable accounts and offers recommendations for response.
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