Disinformation Quiz Launched by Clemson University—Spot The Troll
Spot The Troll uses real social media content to test the users’ ability to discern legitimate accounts from Internet trolls.
During the 2016 Presidential election campaign, Russian-linked accounts spread disinformation on many of America’s social media platforms. Their goal was to spread false information and divide an already polarized nation. Many of these accounts were created by the Russian Internet Research Agency. Members of this group were indicted during Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. This practice continues today and is amplified by many Americans who don’t know they are retweeting and reposting disinformation. Clemson University researchers Darren Linvill and Patrick Warren hired Interactive Knowledge to create an online quiz designed to show social media users how to recognize professional trolls who create fictitious identities in order to spread false or misleading information.