'Truthy' Web Site to Search, Identify Smear Tactics, Twitter-Bombs Through Election Runup

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100928122612.htm

ScienceDaily (Sep. 28, 2010) — Astroturfers, Twitter-bombers and smear campaigners need beware this election season as a group of leading Indiana University information and computer scientists have unleashed Truthy.indiana.edu, a sophisticated new Twitter-based research tool that combines data mining, social network analysis and crowdsourcing to uncover deceptive tactics and misinformation leading up to the Nov. 2 elections.

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