How disinformation spreads through hashtags

Disinformation researchers Jonathan Ong and Jace Cabañes followed top trolls and discovered how they use anonymous accounts, meme pages and parody accounts to reach their target audience. Listen to this excerpt from our new podcast called “Catch Me If You Can”.

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