The Canadian International Council, Senior Fellow

Computational Propaganda Research Project, University of Oxford

Combatting Cyber Threats: CSIRTs and Fostering International Cooperation on Cybersecurity

Encryption at the IGF

Digital diplomacy - #notdiplomacy

Data for Development: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Big Data, Big Responsibilities: Recommendations to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner on Canadian Privacy Rights in a Digital Age

A multidisciplinary research and teaching department of the University of Oxford, dedicated to the social science of the Internet.

Oxford Internet Institute

Samantha Bradshaw is a D.Phil. candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute. She is also a Researcher on the Computational Propaganda Project at Oxford University, and a Senior Fellow at the Canadian International Council. Samantha studies the relationship between social media and democracy. In particular, her work examines government use of social media for coordinated digital disinformation campaigns. Her research has been featured by numerous media outlets, including the Washington Post, CNN, Bloomberg, the Financial Times and Mother Jones. She holds an MA in global governance from the Balsillie School of International Affairs, and a joint honors BA in political science and legal studies from the University of Waterloo.

Politics

Human Rights Online

Computational Propaganda

Social Media and Democracy

Cyber Security

Internet Governance

Government

The Computational Propaganda Project

Canadian International Council

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Global Trends in Digital Disinformation

Troops, Trolls and Trouble Makers: A Global Inventory of Social Media Manipulation Paper

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