Dashboard tracking Russian propaganda on Twitter by Clint Watts & Alliance for Securing Democracy
HAMILTON 68
Securing democracy through information
In the Federalist Papers No. 68, Alexander Hamilton wrote of protecting America’s electoral process from foreign meddling.
Today, we face foreign interference of a type Hamilton could scarcely have imagined, a world in which global powers use instantaneous media networks and a mix of overt and covert programming to reach into our homes and workplaces and shape our view of the world.
The Hamilton 68 dashboard, a project with the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, seeks to expose the effects of online influence networks and inform the public of themes and content being promoted to Americans by foreign powers.
We have spent the last decade watching nefarious actors influence populations toward violence and authoritarianism. The first step in countering these harmful influence efforts is awareness.
The dashboard illustrates the themes that Vladimir Putin is promoting to Americans in pursuit of his foreign policy objectives--including the break up of the European Union, the dissolution of NATO and the failure of democratic governance in the United States specifically and in the West broadly.
Hamilton 68 will pursue the following objectives and support the countries and organizations that share them:
Restore faith in democratic institutions and the elected officials who govern them by challenging foreign attempts to manipulate democratic audiences
Enhance the ability of journalists and their media outlets to identify & refute disinformation and misinformation
Undermine extremists of all stripes who utilize false information and manipulated truths to foment violence along religious, ethnic, economic, social, or political lines.
Here are some of the categories that are monitored:
Content Tweeted by Bots and Trolls
Last Updated August 3, 4:18 PM
Activity from 600 monitored Twitter accounts linked to Russian influence operations
Top Hashtags
Top hashtags, topics, URLs, and domains reveal themes pushed by 600 Twitter accounts that are linked to Russian influence campaigns. Hashtags reflect "talking points" in the network.
Trending Hashtags
"Trending" content has increased dramatically over the last 48 hours. When the 600-account network launches a new campaign addressing a specific theme, it will usually show up here.
Top and Trending Topics
Topics are unique words used in tweets from the last 48 hours, excluding hashtags. Topics highlight themes beneath the surface of hashtag campaigns. Content can be tweeted either to support or attack a person or theme.
Top and Trending Domains
These are links included in tweets from the last 48 hours. URLs and domains often include disinformation, but the linked websites are not always created or controlled by Russia.
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