The Surprising Nuance Behind the Russian Troll Strategy

We set out to study internet discourse around #BlackLivesMatter — instead, we were unintentionally learning about the Russian information operation to undermine democracy

Kate Starbird
10 min readOct 20, 2018
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For researchers in online disinformation and information operations, it’s been an…

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Kate Starbird

Associate Professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering at UW. Researcher of crisis informatics and online rumors. Aging athlete. Army brat.