A Synchronized Action Framework for Responsible Detection of Coordination on Social Media

Understand

The study of coordinated manipulation of conversations on social media has become more prevalent as social media's role in amplifying misinformation, hate, and polarization has come under scrutiny.

• We discuss the implications of successful coordination detection algorithms based on shifts of power, and consider how responsible coordination detection may be carried out through synchronized action.
• We then propose a Synchronized Action Framework for detection of automated coordination through construction and analysis of multi-view networks.
• We validate our framework by examining the Reopen America conversation on Twitter, discovering three coordinated campaigns.