📌#Election2016 #F*keNews Compilation

3 min readNov 27, 2016

📌#Election2016 #F*keNews Compilation

Something like Mr Robot meets House of Cards meets academic hackathon deep-data journalism. IDK. All open data and tools used. Left, Right, whatever — it’s important.

1. Intro/Background: Military Grade #Election2016 Data ⚒💎 Mining

What’s Missing From The Trump Election Equation? Let’s Start With Military-Grade PsyOps

What do Nelson Mandela, Thom Tillis, Trump’s possible Secretary of State pick John Bolton, Brietbart Chairman Steve Bannon, Ted Cruz, a…

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2. Data Part I: 📩🔂 The #Election2016 Micro-Propaganda Machine

The #Election2016 Micro-Propaganda Machine

😱Real Sources / Fake News

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3. Data Part II: 🎯👍 #AdTech Shadow Tracking & Propaganda-lytics

#Election2016: Propaganda-lytics & Weaponized Shadow Trackers

A journey into the behavioral tracking technologies of the right-wing “micro-propaganda machine”

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4. Data Endgame/Conclusion: Truth, Big Data, & Outrage Networks

Data is the Real Post-Truth, So Here’s the Truth About Post-#Election2016 Propaganda

🏀My Final Post Re: the Post-Fact Era

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5. The #Election2016 Macro-Propaganda Machine? 🔵Left-Wing MSM vs. one Twitter account

The #Election2016 Macro-Propaganda Machine?

❌Is the left-wing MSM being broken up by a Twitter account?

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6. 🆕🇺🇸 Left + Right: The Combined Post-#Election2016 News Ecosystem

Left + Right: The Combined Post-#Election2016 News Ecosystem

Finished! Here is a combined (ie, merged) network graph from my left-wing and right-wing news hyperlink “ecosystems”…

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7. 📺 FakeTube: AI-Generated News on YouTube

📺FakeTube: AI-Generated News on YouTube

One of the results of my recent post-election “news ecosystem” effort was the presence of YouTube. Beyond YouTube’s…

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8. Can Elections Be — Bot?

Can Elections Be — Bot?

🗣The megaphonic power of social networks

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9. 📲 Who Hacked the Election? Ad Tech did. Through “Fake News,” Identify Resolution and Hyper-Personalization

Who Hacked the Election?

Identifying the Identifiers:

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10. 🎯 Cambridge Analytica: the Geotargeting and Emotional Data Mining Scripts

Cambridge Analytica: the Geotargeting and Emotional Data Mining Scripts

Last year, Michael Phillips, a data science intern at Cambridge Analytica, posted the following scripts to a set of…

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11. 📸 Instagram, Meme-Seeding, and the Truth about Facebook

Instagram, Meme-Seeding, and the Truth about Facebook Manipulation, Pt. 1

My conclusion: Instagram is a major distributor and re-distributor of propaganda that’s at the very least on par with Twitter.

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12. Trolls on Twitter: How Mainstream and Local News Outlets Were Used to Drive a Polarized News Agenda

Trolls on Twitter: How Mainstream and Local News Outlets Were Used to Drive a Polarized News Agenda

Fake Accounts, Real News?

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13. Untrue-Tube: Monetizing Misery and Disinformation

Untrue-Tube: Monetizing Misery and Disinformation

Welcome to 2018, a time when we clicked and swiped ourselves into a cultural dystopia for a few trillion views. With…

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14. The Graph API: Key Points in the FB-Cambridge Analytica Debacle

The Graph API: Key Points in the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Debacle

That ain’t workin ‘, that’s the way you do it — data for nothin’ through the Graph API for free

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#🔢Data Resources: Interactive Data Visualizations & Raw Data Sets

\Data Resources\Misinfo and Media Manipulation

#Data Visualizations (public.tableau.com/profile/d1gi)

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#📰Press: Media, Interviews, and Research Coverage List

\List of Press\Nov 2016 to Mar 2018

Prominence, Date, Publication, Title, URL, Author, Medium, Placement

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*Appendix

i. Not OK Google Search Suggestions: 2018

#NotOKGoogle Search Suggestions: 2018 Edition

I’m at a loss to understand how this could still be happening. The quality and reliability of Google’s search…

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ii. Some AI-powered “Fake News” Search Suggestions. Scary!

💥Smart.Dumb AI-powered “Fake News” Search Suggestions

1. 💅🏻Fake news helps nails grow, gives you a tan, and can even help acne. Apply with caution though — it might hinder…

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iii. Fake News: Certified Organic?

“Fake News” Sites: Certified Organic?

Where does the traffic actually come from? Here’s a comparative traffic breakdown from a sample of five “fake news” sites (according to…

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📌#Election2016 #F*keNews Compilation

1. Intro/Background: Military Grade #Election2016 Data ⚒💎 Mining

What’s Missing From The Trump Election Equation? Let’s Start With Military-Grade PsyOps

What do Nelson Mandela, Thom Tillis, Trump’s possible Secretary of State pick John Bolton, Brietbart Chairman Steve Bannon, Ted Cruz, a…

2. Data Part I: 📩🔂 The #Election2016 Micro-Propaganda Machine

The #Election2016 Micro-Propaganda Machine

😱Real Sources / Fake News

3. Data Part II: 🎯👍 #AdTech Shadow Tracking & Propaganda-lytics

#Election2016: Propaganda-lytics & Weaponized Shadow Trackers

A journey into the behavioral tracking technologies of the right-wing “micro-propaganda machine”

4. Data Endgame/Conclusion: Truth, Big Data, & Outrage Networks

Data is the Real Post-Truth, So Here’s the Truth About Post-#Election2016 Propaganda

🏀My Final Post Re: the Post-Fact Era

5. The #Election2016 Macro-Propaganda Machine? 🔵Left-Wing MSM vs. one Twitter account

The #Election2016 Macro-Propaganda Machine?

❌Is the left-wing MSM being broken up by a Twitter account?

6. 🆕🇺🇸 Left + Right: The Combined Post-#Election2016 News Ecosystem

Left + Right: The Combined Post-#Election2016 News Ecosystem

Finished! Here is a combined (ie, merged) network graph from my left-wing and right-wing news hyperlink “ecosystems”…

7. 📺 FakeTube: AI-Generated News on YouTube

📺FakeTube: AI-Generated News on YouTube

One of the results of my recent post-election “news ecosystem” effort was the presence of YouTube. Beyond YouTube’s…

8. Can Elections Be — Bot?

Can Elections Be — Bot?

🗣The megaphonic power of social networks

9. 📲 Who Hacked the Election? Ad Tech did. Through “Fake News,” Identify Resolution and Hyper-Personalization

Who Hacked the Election?

Identifying the Identifiers:

10. 🎯 Cambridge Analytica: the Geotargeting and Emotional Data Mining Scripts

Cambridge Analytica: the Geotargeting and Emotional Data Mining Scripts

Last year, Michael Phillips, a data science intern at Cambridge Analytica, posted the following scripts to a set of…

11. 📸 Instagram, Meme-Seeding, and the Truth about Facebook

Instagram, Meme-Seeding, and the Truth about Facebook Manipulation, Pt. 1

My conclusion: Instagram is a major distributor and re-distributor of propaganda that’s at the very least on par with Twitter.

12. Trolls on Twitter: How Mainstream and Local News Outlets Were Used to Drive a Polarized News Agenda

Trolls on Twitter: How Mainstream and Local News Outlets Were Used to Drive a Polarized News Agenda

Fake Accounts, Real News?

13. Untrue-Tube: Monetizing Misery and Disinformation

Untrue-Tube: Monetizing Misery and Disinformation

Welcome to 2018, a time when we clicked and swiped ourselves into a cultural dystopia for a few trillion views. With…

14. The Graph API: Key Points in the FB-Cambridge Analytica Debacle

The Graph API: Key Points in the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Debacle

That ain’t workin ‘, that’s the way you do it — data for nothin’ through the Graph API for free

#🔢Data Resources: Interactive Data Visualizations & Raw Data Sets

\Data Resources\Misinfo and Media Manipulation

#Data Visualizations (public.tableau.com/profile/d1gi)

#📰Press: Media, Interviews, and Research Coverage List

\List of Press\Nov 2016 to Mar 2018

Prominence, Date, Publication, Title, URL, Author, Medium, Placement

*Appendix

#NotOKGoogle Search Suggestions: 2018 Edition

I’m at a loss to understand how this could *still* be happening. The quality and reliability of Google’s search…

💥Smart.Dumb AI-powered “Fake News” Search Suggestions

1. 💅🏻Fake news helps nails grow, gives you a tan, and can even help acne. Apply with caution though — it might hinder…

“Fake News” Sites: Certified Organic?

Where does the traffic actually come from? Here’s a comparative traffic breakdown from a sample of five “fake news” sites (according to…

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