TrollHunter2020: Real-Time Detection of Trolling Narratives on Twitter During the 2020 US Elections

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2012.02606v2
• Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2020 02:59:24 GMT
• Title: TrollHunter2020: Real-Time Detection of Trolling Narratives on Twitter During the 2020 US Elections
• Authors: Peter Jachim and Filipo Sharevski and Emma Pieroni
• Abstract summary: TrollHunter2020 is a real-time detection mechanism used to hunt for trolling narratives on Twitter during the 2020 U.S. elections. Our results suggest that the TrollHunter 2020 indeed captures the emerging trolling narratives in a very early stage of an unfolding polarizing event.
• Score: 1.5469452301122175
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: This paper presents TrollHunter2020, a real-time detection mechanism we used to hunt for trolling narratives on Twitter during the 2020 U.S. elections. Trolling narratives form on Twitter as alternative explanations of polarizing events like the 2020 U.S. elections with the goal to conduct information operations or provoke emotional response. Detecting trolling narratives thus is an imperative step to preserve constructive discourse on Twitter and remove an influx of misinformation. Using existing techniques, this takes time and a wealth of data, which, in a rapidly changing election cycle with high stakes, might not be available. To overcome this limitation, we developed TrollHunter2020 to hunt for trolls in real-time with several dozens of trending Twitter topics and hashtags corresponding to the candidates' debates, the election night, and the election aftermath. TrollHunter2020 collects trending data and utilizes a correspondence analysis to detect meaningful relationships between the top nouns and verbs used in constructing trolling narratives while they emerge on Twitter. Our results suggest that the TrollHunter2020 indeed captures the emerging trolling narratives in a very early stage of an unfolding polarizing event. We discuss the utility of TrollHunter2020 for early detection of information operations or trolling and the implications of its use in supporting a constrictive discourse on the platform around polarizing topics.

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