Literature on fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter
Dear Internet researchers, In the frame of research on political participation online, I am looking for recent literature on fake profiles. I am especially interested in fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter, or anything related that could be relevant. My understanding of the situation is that robots are mainly used on Twitter to create fake accounts; they're used to automatically transfer content and generate audience around certain hashtags. On Facebook however, this operation is more complex since people would beed to subscribe to the fake accounts. But, as some researchers will probably notice, my understanding of the phenomenon is very limited. Any information and literature would be very welcome. Many thanks in advance! Best regards, Nathalie Paton, PhD Junior Researcher University of Toulouse, France EHESS, Paris, France
Dear Nathalie, Research on this topic is unfortunately still scarse, especially in the context of Facebook. Here are some articles on Twitter and social bots: <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2635800> https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5225 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2635800 <https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5225>https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM16/paper/view/13015/12793 Otherwise, to do a bit of shameless self-promotion, me and two collegues have a forthcoming article in New Media & Society entitled: Cloaked Facebook pages: Exploring fake Islamist propaganda in social media. Should be out very soon. Best wishes, - Johan Farkas <https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM16/paper/view/13015/12793> Johan Farkas Assistant Lecturer & Research Assistant IT University of Copenhagen University of Bergen Mail: jjfs@itu.dk Phone: +4561346209 --- Latest article --- Schou, J. and Farkas, J. (2016). Algorithms, Interfaces, and the Circulation of Information: Interrogating the Epistemological Challenges of Facebook. KOME - An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry 4(1): 36-49. ________________________________ Fra: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> på vegne af Nathalie PATON <nathalie.paton@univ-toulouse.fr> Sendt: 15. maj 2017 10:17:43 Til: air-l Emne: [Air-L] Literature on fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter Dear Internet researchers, In the frame of research on political participation online, I am looking for recent literature on fake profiles. I am especially interested in fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter, or anything related that could be relevant. My understanding of the situation is that robots are mainly used on Twitter to create fake accounts; they're used to automatically transfer content and generate audience around certain hashtags. On Facebook however, this operation is more complex since people would beed to subscribe to the fake accounts. But, as some researchers will probably notice, my understanding of the phenomenon is very limited. Any information and literature would be very welcome. Many thanks in advance! Best regards, Nathalie Paton, PhD Junior Researcher University of Toulouse, France EHESS, Paris, France _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org AoIR – Association of Internet Researchers<http://aoir.org/> aoir.org AoIR 2017 Networked Publics The 18th annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers will be held in Tartu, Estonia, 18-21 October 2017. Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Air-L Info Page - Air-L -- Association of Internet Researchers<http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org> listserv.aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers is an academic association dedicated to the advancement of the cross-disciplinary field of Internet studies. Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ AoIR – Association of Internet Researchers<http://www.aoir.org/> www.aoir.org AoIR 2017 Networked Publics The 18th annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers will be held in Tartu, Estonia, 18-21 October 2017.
Johan, Your book looks great - looking forward. Alfie On May 15, 2017 4:43 PM, "Johan Dam Farkas" <jjfs@itu.dk> wrote:
Dear Nathalie,
Research on this topic is unfortunately still scarse, especially in the context of Facebook.
Here are some articles on Twitter and social bots: <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2635800> https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5225 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2635800 <https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5225>https://www.aaai.org/ocs/ index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM16/paper/view/13015/12793
Otherwise, to do a bit of shameless self-promotion, me and two collegues have a forthcoming article in New Media & Society entitled: Cloaked Facebook pages: Exploring fake Islamist propaganda in social media. Should be out very soon.
Best wishes, - Johan Farkas <https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM16/paper/view/13015/12793>
Johan Farkas Assistant Lecturer & Research Assistant IT University of Copenhagen University of Bergen Mail: jjfs@itu.dk Phone: +4561346209
--- Latest article --- Schou, J. and Farkas, J. (2016). Algorithms, Interfaces, and the Circulation of Information: Interrogating the Epistemological Challenges of Facebook. KOME - An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry 4(1): 36-49. ________________________________ Fra: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> på vegne af Nathalie PATON < nathalie.paton@univ-toulouse.fr> Sendt: 15. maj 2017 10:17:43 Til: air-l Emne: [Air-L] Literature on fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter
Dear Internet researchers,
In the frame of research on political participation online, I am looking for recent literature on fake profiles. I am especially interested in fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter, or anything related that could be relevant.
My understanding of the situation is that robots are mainly used on Twitter to create fake accounts; they're used to automatically transfer content and generate audience around certain hashtags. On Facebook however, this operation is more complex since people would beed to subscribe to the fake accounts. But, as some researchers will probably notice, my understanding of the phenomenon is very limited.
Any information and literature would be very welcome. Many thanks in advance!
Best regards,
Nathalie Paton, PhD Junior Researcher University of Toulouse, France EHESS, Paris, France _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org AoIR – Association of Internet Researchers<http://aoir.org/> aoir.org AoIR 2017 Networked Publics The 18th annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers will be held in Tartu, Estonia, 18-21 October 2017.
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This is an interesting topic, with a number of logistical challenges, a bit of a rabbit hole, if you will. For example, I had a fake account for 10 years, primary reason being that I was collecting data via Facebook, and also storing data there. Recently someone reported I had a fake name, and the account has been blocked, all evidence of it has disappeared across all groups, 'friends' and pages. To re-open it, I have to upload photo ID, 2 pieces. There is a youtube video on how to create fake ID for facebook accounts, etc. etc. I want to highlight that mine was a fake profile, not a fake account (which I would define as a bot) Because of the facebook crackdown on fake profiles, people who wish to mask their identity have been forced to go deeper into cover. There are a number of mechanisms by which the platform seeks out and closes all fake profiles, both robotic and human managed. Even people who no longer work for facebook, maintain the 'party line' - hard to get them to talk. Kindly, carolina On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 4:42 AM, Johan Dam Farkas <jjfs@itu.dk> wrote:
Dear Nathalie,
Research on this topic is unfortunately still scarse, especially in the context of Facebook.
Here are some articles on Twitter and social bots: <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2635800> https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5225 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2635800 <https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5225>https://www.aaai.org/ocs/ index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM16/paper/view/13015/12793
Otherwise, to do a bit of shameless self-promotion, me and two collegues have a forthcoming article in New Media & Society entitled: Cloaked Facebook pages: Exploring fake Islamist propaganda in social media. Should be out very soon.
Best wishes, - Johan Farkas <https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM16/paper/view/13015/12793>
Johan Farkas Assistant Lecturer & Research Assistant IT University of Copenhagen University of Bergen Mail: jjfs@itu.dk Phone: +4561346209
--- Latest article --- Schou, J. and Farkas, J. (2016). Algorithms, Interfaces, and the Circulation of Information: Interrogating the Epistemological Challenges of Facebook. KOME - An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry 4(1): 36-49. ________________________________ Fra: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> på vegne af Nathalie PATON < nathalie.paton@univ-toulouse.fr> Sendt: 15. maj 2017 10:17:43 Til: air-l Emne: [Air-L] Literature on fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter
Dear Internet researchers,
In the frame of research on political participation online, I am looking for recent literature on fake profiles. I am especially interested in fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter, or anything related that could be relevant.
My understanding of the situation is that robots are mainly used on Twitter to create fake accounts; they're used to automatically transfer content and generate audience around certain hashtags. On Facebook however, this operation is more complex since people would beed to subscribe to the fake accounts. But, as some researchers will probably notice, my understanding of the phenomenon is very limited.
Any information and literature would be very welcome. Many thanks in advance!
Best regards,
Nathalie Paton, PhD Junior Researcher University of Toulouse, France EHESS, Paris, France _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org AoIR – Association of Internet Researchers<http://aoir.org/> aoir.org AoIR 2017 Networked Publics The 18th annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers will be held in Tartu, Estonia, 18-21 October 2017.
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Many thanks to those have responded by sharing references or explaining cases, this is very helpful! Johan, I really look forward to reading your paper! Any idea on when it will be published online? Best regards, Nathalie Nathalie Paton, PhD Junior Researcher University of Toulouse, France EHESS, Paris, France MC Cambre <mcambre@ualberta.ca> wrote: This is an interesting topic, with a number of logistical challenges, a bit of a rabbit hole, if you will. For example, I had a fake account for 10 years, primary reason being that I was collecting data via Facebook, and also storing data there. Recently someone reported I had a fake name, and the account has been blocked, all evidence of it has disappeared across all groups, 'friends' and pages. To re-open it, I have to upload photo ID, 2 pieces. There is a youtube video on how to create fake ID for facebook accounts, etc. etc. I want to highlight that mine was a fake profile, not a fake account (which I would define as a bot) Because of the facebook crackdown on fake profiles, people who wish to mask their identity have been forced to go deeper into cover. There are a number of mechanisms by which the platform seeks out and closes all fake profiles, both robotic and human managed. Even people who no longer work for facebook, maintain the 'party line' - hard to get them to talk. Kindly, carolina On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 4:42 AM, Johan Dam Farkas <jjfs@itu.dk> wrote: Dear Nathalie, Research on this topic is unfortunately still scarse, especially in the context of Facebook. Here are some articles on Twitter and social bots: <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2635800> https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5225 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2635800 <https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5225>https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM16/paper/view/13015/12793 Otherwise, to do a bit of shameless self-promotion, me and two collegues have a forthcoming article in New Media & Society entitled: Cloaked Facebook pages: Exploring fake Islamist propaganda in social media. Should be out very soon. Best wishes, - Johan Farkas <https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM16/paper/view/13015/12793> Johan Farkas Assistant Lecturer & Research Assistant IT University of Copenhagen University of Bergen Mail: jjfs@itu.dk Phone: +4561346209 --- Latest article --- Schou, J. and Farkas, J. (2016). Algorithms, Interfaces, and the Circulation of Information: Interrogating the Epistemological Challenges of Facebook. KOME - An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry 4(1): 36-49. ________________________________ Fra: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> på vegne af Nathalie PATON <nathalie.paton@univ-toulouse.fr> Sendt: 15. maj 2017 10:17:43 Til: air-l Emne: [Air-L] Literature on fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter Dear Internet researchers, In the frame of research on political participation online, I am looking for recent literature on fake profiles. I am especially interested in fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter, or anything related that could be relevant. My understanding of the situation is that robots are mainly used on Twitter to create fake accounts; they're used to automatically transfer content and generate audience around certain hashtags. On Facebook however, this operation is more complex since people would beed to subscribe to the fake accounts. But, as some researchers will probably notice, my understanding of the phenomenon is very limited. Any information and literature would be very welcome. Many thanks in advance! Best regards, Nathalie Paton, PhD Junior Researcher University of Toulouse, France EHESS, Paris, France _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org AoIR – Association of Internet Researchers<http://aoir.org/> aoir.org AoIR 2017 Networked Publics The 18th annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers will be held in Tartu, Estonia, 18-21 October 2017. Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Air-L Info Page - Air-L -- Association of Internet Researchers<http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org> listserv.aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers is an academic association dedicated to the advancement of the cross-disciplinary field of Internet studies. 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Dear Nathalie, Glad to hear that you could use the input. Our article on cloaked Facebook pages was accepted to New Media & Society in late March, and a final, proofread version was submitted 10 days ago. So, it should be online soon. I can send a link in this thread, when it comes out.. Best wishes, - Johan Farkas Johan Farkas Assistant Lecturer & Research Assistant IT University of Copenhagen University of Bergen Mail: jjfs@itu.dk Phone: +4561346209 --- Latest article --- Schou, J. and Farkas, J. (2016). Algorithms, Interfaces, and the Circulation of Information: Interrogating the Epistemological Challenges of Facebook. KOME - An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry 4(1): 36-49. ________________________________ Fra: Nathalie PATON <nathalie.paton@univ-toulouse.fr> Sendt: 16. maj 2017 13:03:29 Til: MC Cambre; Johan Dam Farkas Cc: air-l Emne: Re: [Air-L] Literature on fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter Many thanks to those have responded by sharing references or explaining cases, this is very helpful! Johan, I really look forward to reading your paper! Any idea on when it will be published online? Best regards, Nathalie Nathalie Paton, PhD Junior Researcher University of Toulouse, France EHESS, Paris, France MC Cambre <mcambre@ualberta.ca> wrote: This is an interesting topic, with a number of logistical challenges, a bit of a rabbit hole, if you will. For example, I had a fake account for 10 years, primary reason being that I was collecting data via Facebook, and also storing data there. Recently someone reported I had a fake name, and the account has been blocked, all evidence of it has disappeared across all groups, 'friends' and pages. To re-open it, I have to upload photo ID, 2 pieces. There is a youtube video on how to create fake ID for facebook accounts, etc. etc. I want to highlight that mine was a fake profile, not a fake account (which I would define as a bot) Because of the facebook crackdown on fake profiles, people who wish to mask their identity have been forced to go deeper into cover. There are a number of mechanisms by which the platform seeks out and closes all fake profiles, both robotic and human managed. Even people who no longer work for facebook, maintain the 'party line' - hard to get them to talk. Kindly, carolina On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 4:42 AM, Johan Dam Farkas <jjfs@itu.dk<mailto:jjfs@itu.dk>> wrote: Dear Nathalie, Research on this topic is unfortunately still scarse, especially in the context of Facebook. Here are some articles on Twitter and social bots: <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2635800> https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5225 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2635800 <https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5225>https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM16/paper/view/13015/12793 Otherwise, to do a bit of shameless self-promotion, me and two collegues have a forthcoming article in New Media & Society entitled: Cloaked Facebook pages: Exploring fake Islamist propaganda in social media. Should be out very soon. Best wishes, - Johan Farkas <https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM16/paper/view/13015/12793> Johan Farkas Assistant Lecturer & Research Assistant IT University of Copenhagen University of Bergen Mail: jjfs@itu.dk<mailto:jjfs@itu.dk> Phone: <tel:%2B4561346209> +4561346209<tel:+4561346209> --- Latest article --- Schou, J. and Farkas, J. (2016). Algorithms, Interfaces, and the Circulation of Information: Interrogating the Epistemological Challenges of Facebook. KOME - An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry 4(1): 36-49<tel:+333649>. ________________________________ Fra: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org>> på vegne af Nathalie PATON <nathalie.paton@univ-toulouse.fr<mailto:nathalie.paton@univ-toulouse.fr>> Sendt: 15. maj 2017 10:17:43 Til: air-l Emne: [Air-L] Literature on fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter Dear Internet researchers, In the frame of research on political participation online, I am looking for recent literature on fake profiles. I am especially interested in fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter, or anything related that could be relevant. My understanding of the situation is that robots are mainly used on Twitter to create fake accounts; they're used to automatically transfer content and generate audience around certain hashtags. On Facebook however, this operation is more complex since people would beed to subscribe to the fake accounts. But, as some researchers will probably notice, my understanding of the phenomenon is very limited. Any information and literature would be very welcome. Many thanks in advance! Best regards, Nathalie Paton, PhD Junior Researcher University of Toulouse, France EHESS, Paris, France _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org<mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org AoIR – Association of Internet Researchers<http://aoir.org/> aoir.org<http://aoir.org> AoIR 2017 Networked Publics The 18th annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers will be held in Tartu, Estonia, 18-21 October 2017. 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Dear all, There were protests a couple of years ago emerging from the drag community, Native Americans, and trans people around the 'real name' policy and allegedly FB loosened its policy at that time. See: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/02/facebook-real-name-policy... However, FB is recently tightening the policy again as I have discovered after personal experience I outline below and in discussions that emerged when I resolved not to return to FB because I don't agree that I should be forced to scan my ID to a social networking platform in order to use it (which is what FB requires of me now to log back in to my account). In fact, the policy is that one has to be called the name used for a FB profile rather than one's legal name. So,* why is FB requiring people to send evidence of real names*?! This is an extremely dangerous terrain. This *mission creep* is very worrying and one that civil liberties/surveillance specialists have warned we should cautious about for many years, and frankly, Big Brother is here. Here is my experience: I set up a profile called Quantified Worker about six months ago as part of an *experiment in extreme self branding. * My profile was a *personal* profile rather than a business page because it is intended as an activist comment on work becoming life becoming work. Work/life integration is almost always required in workplaces today and of course quantification is part of that. My research looks into this at length. (See some abstracts and links to my research here:* https://phoebevmoore.wordpress.com/ <https://phoebevmoore.wordpress.com/>* ) I decided not to use the business profile option, because I want to curate my audience in extreme self branding. My book comes out this year (Quantified Self in Precarity: Work, Techology and What Counts) so it is also part of that. I could have opted for a 'closed group' but given the grey area between the person as separate from brand I'd decided to experiment with, I decided I would curate my audience by only accepting friends I actually know, the message being that I am my work and I am the quantified worker. Two weeks ago, I received an email from FB saying: *Hi,* *We ask everyone on Facebook to use the name they go by in everyday life – what their friends call them. You can keep your current name if it's the name you're known by. Otherwise, we'll ask you to edit it.* *We'll need you to review your name at some point in the next seven days. After this time, you won't be able to log back in to Facebook until you update your name.* *Is Quantified Worker the name you use in everyday life?* *View updates from your Support Inbox: https://fb.me/c0MaTEbVPq8eFK <https://fb.me/c0MaTEbVPq8eFK>* A week later, I received an email from FB requiring me to say what name people call me in every day life and requiring I send copies of my ID (passport, driving license, etc.). In requiring us to use real names, FB is telling consumers that they are the only ones permitted to profile us and permitted to make a profit from our digital labour... not to mention giving this information to the government if/when requested. Nice one, Zuckster! I have not sent my ID to FB and so have not logged back on and I don't plan to. I really think a mass exodus from Facebook would be a good idea. Thanks Phoebe Dr Phoebe V Moore Personal email pvm.doc@gmail.com Work email p.moore@mdx.ac.uk Twitter @phoebemoore Profile http://www.mdx.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-directory/profile/moore-phoeb... <http://www.mdx.ac.uk/aboutus/staffdirectory/phoebe-moore.aspx> Biolog http://phoebevmoore.wordpress.com/ On 16 May 2017 at 12:32, Johan Dam Farkas <jjfs@itu.dk> wrote:
Dear Nathalie,
Glad to hear that you could use the input.
Our article on cloaked Facebook pages was accepted to New Media & Society in late March, and a final, proofread version was submitted 10 days ago. So, it should be online soon.
I can send a link in this thread, when it comes out..
Best wishes,
- Johan Farkas
Johan Farkas Assistant Lecturer & Research Assistant IT University of Copenhagen University of Bergen Mail: jjfs@itu.dk Phone: +4561346209
--- Latest article --- Schou, J. and Farkas, J. (2016). Algorithms, Interfaces, and the Circulation of Information: Interrogating the Epistemological Challenges of Facebook. KOME - An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry 4(1): 36-49. ________________________________ Fra: Nathalie PATON <nathalie.paton@univ-toulouse.fr> Sendt: 16. maj 2017 13:03:29 Til: MC Cambre; Johan Dam Farkas Cc: air-l Emne: Re: [Air-L] Literature on fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter
Many thanks to those have responded by sharing references or explaining cases, this is very helpful!
Johan, I really look forward to reading your paper! Any idea on when it will be published online?
Best regards, Nathalie
Nathalie Paton, PhD Junior Researcher University of Toulouse, France EHESS, Paris, France
MC Cambre <mcambre@ualberta.ca> wrote: This is an interesting topic, with a number of logistical challenges, a bit of a rabbit hole, if you will. For example, I had a fake account for 10 years, primary reason being that I was collecting data via Facebook, and also storing data there. Recently someone reported I had a fake name, and the account has been blocked, all evidence of it has disappeared across all groups, 'friends' and pages. To re-open it, I have to upload photo ID, 2 pieces. There is a youtube video on how to create fake ID for facebook accounts, etc. etc.
I want to highlight that mine was a fake profile, not a fake account (which I would define as a bot)
Because of the facebook crackdown on fake profiles, people who wish to mask their identity have been forced to go deeper into cover. There are a number of mechanisms by which the platform seeks out and closes all fake profiles, both robotic and human managed. Even people who no longer work for facebook, maintain the 'party line' - hard to get them to talk.
Kindly, carolina
On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 4:42 AM, Johan Dam Farkas <jjfs@itu.dk<mailto: jjfs@itu.dk>> wrote:
Dear Nathalie,
Research on this topic is unfortunately still scarse, especially in the context of Facebook.
Here are some articles on Twitter and social bots: <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2635800> https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5225 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2635800 <https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5225>https://www.aaai.org/ocs/ index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM16/paper/view/13015/12793
Otherwise, to do a bit of shameless self-promotion, me and two collegues have a forthcoming article in New Media & Society entitled: Cloaked Facebook pages: Exploring fake Islamist propaganda in social media. Should be out very soon.
Best wishes, - Johan Farkas <https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM16/paper/view/13015/12793>
Johan Farkas Assistant Lecturer & Research Assistant IT University of Copenhagen University of Bergen Mail: jjfs@itu.dk<mailto:jjfs@itu.dk> Phone: <tel:%2B4561346209> +4561346209<tel:+4561346209>
--- Latest article --- Schou, J. and Farkas, J. (2016). Algorithms, Interfaces, and the Circulation of Information: Interrogating the Epistemological Challenges of Facebook. KOME - An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry 4(1): 36-49<tel:+333649>. ________________________________ Fra: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l-bounces@ listserv.aoir.org>> på vegne af Nathalie PATON < nathalie.paton@univ-toulouse.fr<mailto:nathalie.paton@univ-toulouse.fr>> Sendt: 15. maj 2017 10:17:43 Til: air-l Emne: [Air-L] Literature on fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter
Dear Internet researchers,
In the frame of research on political participation online, I am looking for recent literature on fake profiles. I am especially interested in fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter, or anything related that could be relevant.
My understanding of the situation is that robots are mainly used on Twitter to create fake accounts; they're used to automatically transfer content and generate audience around certain hashtags. On Facebook however, this operation is more complex since people would beed to subscribe to the fake accounts. But, as some researchers will probably notice, my understanding of the phenomenon is very limited.
Any information and literature would be very welcome. Many thanks in advance!
Best regards,
Nathalie Paton, PhD Junior Researcher University of Toulouse, France EHESS, Paris, France _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org<mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org AoIR – Association of Internet Researchers<http://aoir.org/> aoir.org<http://aoir.org> AoIR 2017 Networked Publics The 18th annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers will be held in Tartu, Estonia, 18-21 October 2017.
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Dear Nathalie (and others who might find this interesting), Our article - Cloaked Facebook pages: Exploring fake Islamist propaganda in social media - is now published in New Media & Society. Link: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1461444817707759 Have a great weekend! Best wishes, - Johan Farkas Johan Farkas Assistant Lecturer & Research Assistant IT University of Copenhagen University of Bergen Mail: jjfs@itu.dk Phone: +4561346209 --- Latest article --- Schou, J. and Farkas, J. (2016). Algorithms, Interfaces, and the Circulation of Information: Interrogating the Epistemological Challenges of Facebook. KOME - An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry 4(1): 36-49. ________________________________ Fra: Nathalie PATON <nathalie.paton@univ-toulouse.fr> Sendt: 16. maj 2017 13:03:29 Til: MC Cambre; Johan Dam Farkas Cc: air-l Emne: Re: [Air-L] Literature on fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter Many thanks to those have responded by sharing references or explaining cases, this is very helpful! Johan, I really look forward to reading your paper! Any idea on when it will be published online? Best regards, Nathalie Nathalie Paton, PhD Junior Researcher University of Toulouse, France EHESS, Paris, France MC Cambre <mcambre@ualberta.ca> wrote: This is an interesting topic, with a number of logistical challenges, a bit of a rabbit hole, if you will. For example, I had a fake account for 10 years, primary reason being that I was collecting data via Facebook, and also storing data there. Recently someone reported I had a fake name, and the account has been blocked, all evidence of it has disappeared across all groups, 'friends' and pages. To re-open it, I have to upload photo ID, 2 pieces. There is a youtube video on how to create fake ID for facebook accounts, etc. etc. I want to highlight that mine was a fake profile, not a fake account (which I would define as a bot) Because of the facebook crackdown on fake profiles, people who wish to mask their identity have been forced to go deeper into cover. There are a number of mechanisms by which the platform seeks out and closes all fake profiles, both robotic and human managed. Even people who no longer work for facebook, maintain the 'party line' - hard to get them to talk. Kindly, carolina On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 4:42 AM, Johan Dam Farkas <jjfs@itu.dk<mailto:jjfs@itu.dk>> wrote: Dear Nathalie, Research on this topic is unfortunately still scarse, especially in the context of Facebook. Here are some articles on Twitter and social bots: <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2635800> https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5225 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2635800 <https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5225>https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM16/paper/view/13015/12793 Otherwise, to do a bit of shameless self-promotion, me and two collegues have a forthcoming article in New Media & Society entitled: Cloaked Facebook pages: Exploring fake Islamist propaganda in social media. Should be out very soon. Best wishes, - Johan Farkas <https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM16/paper/view/13015/12793> Johan Farkas Assistant Lecturer & Research Assistant IT University of Copenhagen University of Bergen Mail: jjfs@itu.dk<mailto:jjfs@itu.dk> Phone: <tel:%2B4561346209> +4561346209<tel:+4561346209> --- Latest article --- Schou, J. and Farkas, J. (2016). Algorithms, Interfaces, and the Circulation of Information: Interrogating the Epistemological Challenges of Facebook. KOME - An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry 4(1): 36-49<tel:+333649>. ________________________________ Fra: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org>> på vegne af Nathalie PATON <nathalie.paton@univ-toulouse.fr<mailto:nathalie.paton@univ-toulouse.fr>> Sendt: 15. maj 2017 10:17:43 Til: air-l Emne: [Air-L] Literature on fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter Dear Internet researchers, In the frame of research on political participation online, I am looking for recent literature on fake profiles. I am especially interested in fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter, or anything related that could be relevant. My understanding of the situation is that robots are mainly used on Twitter to create fake accounts; they're used to automatically transfer content and generate audience around certain hashtags. On Facebook however, this operation is more complex since people would beed to subscribe to the fake accounts. But, as some researchers will probably notice, my understanding of the phenomenon is very limited. Any information and literature would be very welcome. Many thanks in advance! Best regards, Nathalie Paton, PhD Junior Researcher University of Toulouse, France EHESS, Paris, France _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org<mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org AoIR – Association of Internet Researchers<http://aoir.org/> aoir.org<http://aoir.org> AoIR 2017 Networked Publics The 18th annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers will be held in Tartu, Estonia, 18-21 October 2017. Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Air-L Info Page - Air-L -- Association of Internet Researchers<http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org> listserv.aoir.org<http://listserv.aoir.org> The Association of Internet Researchers is an academic association dedicated to the advancement of the cross-disciplinary field of Internet studies. Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ AoIR – Association of Internet Researchers<http://www.aoir.org/> www.aoir.org<http://www.aoir.org> AoIR 2017 Networked Publics The 18th annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers will be held in Tartu, Estonia, 18-21 October 2017. _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org<mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ -- -- Dr. Carolina Cambre PhD Assistant Professor Concordia University, Montréal https://concordia.academia.edu/mariacarolinacambre Co-chair IVSA 2017: www.IVSA2017.com<http://www.IVSA2017.com> <http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-semiotics-of-che-guevara-9781472505293/>
Dear Johan, Thank you very much for sending the link, this extremely help! Much, much appreciated. Best regards, Nathalie Nathalie Paton, PhD Junior Researcher University of Toulouse, France EHESS, Paris, France Johan Dam Farkas <jjfs@itu.dk> wrote: Dear Nathalie (and others who might find this interesting), Our article - Cloaked Facebook pages: Exploring fake Islamist propaganda in social media- is now published in New Media & Society. Link: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1461444817707759 Have a great weekend! Best wishes, - Johan Farkas Johan Farkas Assistant Lecturer & Research Assistant IT University of Copenhagen University of Bergen Mail: jjfs@itu.dk Phone: +4561346209 --- Latest article --- Schou, J. and Farkas, J. (2016). Algorithms, Interfaces, and the Circulation of Information: Interrogating the Epistemological Challenges of Facebook.KOME - An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry 4(1): 36-49. Fra: Nathalie PATON <nathalie.paton@univ-toulouse.fr> Sendt: 16. maj 2017 13:03:29 Til: MC Cambre; Johan Dam Farkas Cc: air-l Emne: Re: [Air-L] Literature on fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter Many thanks to those have responded by sharing references or explaining cases, this is very helpful! Johan, I really look forward to reading your paper! Any idea on when it will be published online? Best regards, Nathalie Nathalie Paton, PhD Junior Researcher University of Toulouse, France EHESS, Paris, France MC Cambre <mcambre@ualberta.ca> wrote: This is an interesting topic, with a number of logistical challenges, a bit of a rabbit hole, if you will. For example, I had a fake account for 10 years, primary reason being that I was collecting data via Facebook, and also storing data there. Recently someone reported I had a fake name, and the account has been blocked, all evidence of it has disappeared across all groups, 'friends' and pages. To re-open it, I have to upload photo ID, 2 pieces. There is a youtube video on how to create fake ID for facebook accounts, etc. etc. I want to highlight that mine was a fake profile, not a fake account (which I would define as a bot) Because of the facebook crackdown on fake profiles, people who wish to mask their identity have been forced to go deeper into cover. There are a number of mechanisms by which the platform seeks out and closes all fake profiles, both robotic and human managed. Even people who no longer work for facebook, maintain the 'party line' - hard to get them to talk. Kindly, carolina On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 4:42 AM, Johan Dam Farkas <jjfs@itu.dk> wrote: Dear Nathalie, Research on this topic is unfortunately still scarse, especially in the context of Facebook. Here are some articles on Twitter and social bots: <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2635800> https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5225 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2635800 <https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5225>https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM16/paper/view/13015/12793 Otherwise, to do a bit of shameless self-promotion, me and two collegues have a forthcoming article in New Media & Society entitled: Cloaked Facebook pages: Exploring fake Islamist propaganda in social media. Should be out very soon. Best wishes, - Johan Farkas <https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM16/paper/view/13015/12793> Johan Farkas Assistant Lecturer & Research Assistant IT University of Copenhagen University of Bergen Mail: jjfs@itu.dk Phone: +4561346209 --- Latest article --- Schou, J. and Farkas, J. (2016). Algorithms, Interfaces, and the Circulation of Information: Interrogating the Epistemological Challenges of Facebook. KOME - An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry 4(1):36-49. ________________________________ Fra: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> på vegne af Nathalie PATON <nathalie.paton@univ-toulouse.fr> Sendt: 15. maj 2017 10:17:43 Til: air-l Emne: [Air-L] Literature on fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter Dear Internet researchers, In the frame of research on political participation online, I am looking for recent literature on fake profiles. I am especially interested in fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter, or anything related that could be relevant. My understanding of the situation is that robots are mainly used on Twitter to create fake accounts; they're used to automatically transfer content and generate audience around certain hashtags. On Facebook however, this operation is more complex since people would beed to subscribe to the fake accounts. But, as some researchers will probably notice, my understanding of the phenomenon is very limited. Any information and literature would be very welcome. Many thanks in advance! Best regards, Nathalie Paton, PhD Junior Researcher University of Toulouse, France EHESS, Paris, France _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org AoIR – Association of Internet Researchers<http://aoir.org/> aoir.org AoIR 2017 Networked Publics The 18th annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers will be held in Tartu, Estonia, 18-21 October 2017. Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Air-L Info Page - Air-L -- Association of Internet Researchers<http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org> listserv.aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers is an academic association dedicated to the advancement of the cross-disciplinary field of Internet studies. Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ AoIR – Association of Internet Researchers<http://www.aoir.org/> www.aoir.org AoIR 2017 Networked Publics The 18th annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers will be held in Tartu, Estonia, 18-21 October 2017. _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ -- -- Dr. Carolina Cambre PhD Assistant Professor Concordia University, Montréal https://concordia.academia.edu/mariacarolinacambre Co-chair IVSA 2017: www.IVSA2017.com
participants (5)
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Alfred BOWN (ENG) -
Johan Dam Farkas -
MC Cambre -
Nathalie PATON -
Phoebe Moore