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Behind the Screens: How Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Shapes Online Narratives
By Helen Glover
Medium•2025
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Curated resources to help you understand coordinated inauthentic behavior, bot detection, and information integrity.
Understanding CIB
Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior (CIB) refers to the use of fake accounts or automated tools to artificially amplify content, manipulate public discourse, or mislead users about who is behind certain messages. CIB campaigns can be domestic or foreign, and may target elections, public health discussions, or other civic topics.
Bot Networks Astroturfing Sockpuppets Troll Farms Information Operations
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Research Papers
Disinformation and Fake News
DFRLab (2023) · Atlantic Council
Read paperHow CIB Continues on Social Platforms
Stanford Internet Observatory (2022) · SIO Report
Read paperInside Feed: Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior
Meta (2018) · Meta Newsroom
Read paperDetecting Bots on Social Media
Ferrara et al. (2016) · Communications of the ACM
Read paperBots and Automation over Twitter during the U.S. Election
Bessi and Ferrara (2016) · First Monday
Read paperThe Spread of True and False News Online
Vosoughi, Roy, and Aral (2018) · Science
Read paperAdditional Tools
Botometer
API for checking Twitter account bot scores.
Visit siteAtlantic Council DFRLab
Digital forensics research and disinformation tracking.
Visit siteGlobal Disinformation Index
Disinformation risk ratings for news sites.
Visit siteOSINT Framework
Open source intelligence tools collection.
Visit siteDatasets
Access social media datasets for research. Some require API access or applications.
Stanford Internet Observatory Datasets
freeResearch datasets on information operations.
Access datasetTwitter Transparency Center
freeState-backed information operations data.
Access datasetPushshift Reddit Dataset
api-requiredHistorical Reddit data for research.
Access datasetCrowdTangle (Meta)
application-requiredFacebook and Instagram public data.
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