UK riots: how coordinated messaging mobilised rioters — lessons in detecting inauthentic behaviour

What happens when online disinformation, hate speech, and political rage spill into the streets? In this presentation, Kamila Koronska from the University of Amsterdam explores how coordinated messaging on X and Facebook helped ignite the 2024 UK riots.

Using a newly developed tool—CooRTweet—alongside network analysis, a team of researchers uncovered how problematic accounts manipulated public emotion and fueled unrest.

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29. Mai 2025 14:30
29. Mai 2025 15:30

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