Below is a selection of press and think tank articles that feature my research.
For press inquiries please contact: breuer ‘at’ g.harvard.edu
English language articles:
Gizmodo [2020]. “Accepting Lots of Friend Requests Makes You a Fake Account Target, Facebook Finds”.
https://gizmodo.com/accepting-lots-of-friend-requests-makes-you-a-fake-acco-1843001710
VentureBeat [2020]. “Facebook’s AI detects fake accounts with fewer than 20 friend requests”.
https://venturebeat.com/2020/04/21/facebooks-ai-detects-fake-accounts-with-fewer-than-20-friend-requests/
Medium [2020]. "Disinfodemic”.
https://medium.com/@kz54/arm-weekly-6-disinfodemic-fake-news-43dc54ff112b
Social Media Today [2020]. “Facebook Outlines Improved Detection of Fake Accounts Based on Rejection of Friend Requests”.
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/facebook-outlines-improved-detection-of-fake-accounts-based-on-rejection-of/576470/
Digital Information World [2020]. “Facebook AI Shows 90% Accuracy in Identifying Fake Accounts with Less Than 20 Friend Requests”.
https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2020/04/facebook-ai-shows-90-accuracy-in-identifying-fake-accounts-with-less-than-20-friend-requests.html#
Facebook Research Online [2020]. “Detecting fake accounts on social networks with SybilEdge”.
https://research.fb.com/blog/2020/04/detecting-fake-accounts-on-social-networks-with-sybiledge/
Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET think tank) [2019]. “AI Safety, Security, and Stability Among Great Powers”.
https://cset.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/AI-Safety-Security-and-Stability-Among-the-Great-Powers.pdf
AFR (Australian Financial Review) [2019]. “We need to rethink strategic narratives about China”.
https://www.afr.com/world/asia/we-need-to-rethink-strategic-narratives-about-china-20191201-p53fr2
CNA (Channel News Asia) [2019]. “Everyone understands China very differently”.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/us-west-china-threat-narrative-international-strategy-relations-12147946
Foreign language articles:
Milenio [Mexico, 2020]. “Facebook crea técnica para detectar cuentas falsas; ¿cómo lo hace?”.
https://www.milenio.com/tecnologia/facebook-detecta-cuentas-falsas-con-esta-nueva-tecnica
El Heraldo de Mexico [Mexico, 2020]. “Facebook habilita herramienta para detectar solicitudes de amistad de cuentas falsas”.
https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/tecnologia/facebook-cuentas-falsas-abusos-robos-redes-sociales-solicitudes-de-amitad-plataforma-digital-redes-sociales/
El Mañana [Mexico, 2020]. “Adiós a los bots, Facebook crea técnica para detectar cuentas falsas”.
https://elmanana.com.mx/facebook-deteccion-cuentas-falsas-ia-sybiledge-como-funciona/
Vanguardia [Mexico, 2020]. “Facebook va contra las cuentas falsas... crea técnica para detectarlas”.
https://vanguardia.com.mx/articulo/facebook-va-contra-las-cuentas-falsas-crea-tecnica-para-detectarlas
Siècle Digital [France, 2020]. “Facebook dévoile une IA capable de détecter les faux comptes”.
https://siecledigital.fr/2020/04/23/facebook-devoile-une-ia-capable-de-detecter-les-faux-comptes/
AS [Spain, 2020]. “La nueva IA de Facebook detecta si una cuenta falsa te envía una petición de amistad”.
https://as.com/meristation/2020/04/22/betech/1587588817_534301.html
Europa Press [Spain] & Notimérica [2020]. “Portaltic-Facebook crea una IA que detecta cuentas falsas de redes sociales tras 20 solicitudes de amistad”.
https://www.notimerica.com/ciencia-tecnologia/noticia-portaltic-facebook-crea-ia-detecta-cuentas-falsas-redes-sociales-20-solicitudes-amistad-20200422115655.html
SAO Star [Vietnam, 2020]. “Facebook chuẩn bị truy quét nick ảo, xoá bớt tài khoản ít bạn bè và tương tác”.
https://saostar.vn/cong-nghe/internet/facebook-chuan-bi-xoa-bot-tai-khoan-it-ban-be-va-tuong-tac-7383095.html
TechTudo [Brazil, 2020]. “Facebook usa inteligência artificial para 'derrubar' 6 bilhões de contas”.
https://www.techtudo.com.br/noticias/2020/03/facebook-usa-inteligencia-artificial-para-derrubar-6-bilhoes-de-contas.ghtml
ENet [China, 2020]. “Facebook AI可辨别少于20好友假账号”.
http://www.enet.com.cn/article/2020/0423/A202004231126885.html