Bots and Russian trolls spread false information about vaccines on Twitter in order to sow discord and propagate malicious content prior to and during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to ...

A study finds that the same Russian troll accounts that attempted to influence the U.S. election are also tweeting about vaccines. The studypublished by the American Public Health Association found ...

Boarding a flight in March 2017, George Ciccariello-Maher saw a passenger trade his first-class seat with a uniformed soldier. “People are thanking him. I’m trying not to vomit or yell about Mosul,” ...

“Do you still treat your kids with leaves? No? And why don’t you #vaccinate them? It’s medicine!” With messages like those, Russian internet trolls meddling in the 2016 presidential election also ...

Twitter bots and trolls appear to be skewing online discussions about vaccinations, spreading misinformation on the topic and fueling online discord, according to a new study. "The vast majority of ...

Far-right German trolls are organizing to game YouTube algorithms into making far-right video content trend and orchestrate harassment campaigns against political opponents, as evidenced by leaked ...

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University found that trolls' online activity is increasing the risk of global pandemics. Bots also use a false-grassroots technique known as "astroturfing." A new study ...