Austin BotelhoinCybersecurity for DemocracyPredicting Virality: How soon can we tell?Introduction3 min read·Nov 2, 2023----
Austin BotelhoinCybersecurity for DemocracyData Wrangling: Missing Engagement InterpolationIn our research, we at Cybersecurity of Democracy compare engagement dynamics and virality of Facebook news content across three languages…4 min read·Oct 18, 2023----
Austin BotelhoinCybersecurity for DemocracyLab Notebook: Can GPT tell us who to trust?Cybersecurity for Democracy finds that GPT-3.5 has mixed ability to accurately assess news outlets3 min read·Oct 5, 2023----
Austin BotelhoinCybersecurity for DemocracyThe Tidal Wave of Small Dollar Fundraising Hits Republican ShoresAustin Botelho and Laura Edelson4 min read·Sep 26, 2023----
Austin BotelhoinCybersecurity for DemocracyLab Notebook: Chatbots as text classifiers. How good are they really?Like many small teams, we at Cybersecurity for Democracy face labor resource constraints that limit our ability to label data. Despite…9 min read·Sep 15, 2023----
Austin BotelhoAnti-Defamation League Report ContributionsHere is a list of reports I contributed to while employed at ADL:1 min read·Sep 12, 2023----
Austin BotelhoinCybersecurity for DemocracyAmericans Have Moved On From Transgender Culture War Issues, But Politicians Have NotTransgender Rights, as well as social acceptance of Transgender Americans, has been an ongoing topic of conversation in the Republican…8 min read·Aug 17, 2023----
Austin BotelhoinCybersecurity for DemocracyRepublican Candidates’ Ads Remain Quiet on Trump’s IndictmentsOnly Trump, Ramaswamy, and Johnson have mentioned the issue4 min read·Jul 18, 2023----
Austin BotelhoinCybersecurity for DemocracyLab Notebook: New FeaturesC4D is building better ways to understand how advertisers try to influence the public9 min read·Jul 5, 2023----
Austin BotelhoinCybersecurity for DemocracyRoundup of Republican Presidential Candidate Digital SpendingDeSantis and Trump lead the field in spending while political outsiders try to build name recognition6 min read·Jun 16, 2023----