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Marian-Andrei Rizoiu, Associate Professor in Behavioral Data Science, University of Technology Sydney

Some Reddit users just love to disagree, new AI-powered troll-spotting algorithm finds

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In today’s fractured online landscape, it is harder than ever to identify harmful actors such as trolls and misinformation spreaders.

Often, efforts to spot malicious accounts focus on analysing what they say. However, our latest research suggests we should be paying more attention to what they do – and how they do it.

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