Observatory on Social Media

Join us Wednesday at 12pm ET for our final OSoMe Awesome Speaker talk!

🎙️ Alissa Cooper (Knight-Georgetown Institute)
📌 Better Feeds: Algorithms That Put People First

🗓 March 4 | 12pm ET
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We’re excited to welcome Mirta Galesic as our next OSoMe Awesome Speaker!

🗓 Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026
⏰ 12:00–1:00 PM ET
🎙 Dynamics of belief networks

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OSoMe Annual Report 2024-2025 Our annual report is now available. The stories, achievements, and insights in this report are a testament to the dedication of our team and the support of...

2024-25 has been an academic year of challenges and opportunities. We have been working on exciting problems, such as the exploitation of AI for manipulation at scale and tools to promote a healthier information environment. Read all about it in our latest annual report:
osome.iu.edu/research/blo...

Even though our website is down, registration for our next OSoMe Awesome Speaker is open!

📅 Dec 3 @ 12pm ET
🎤 James Evans (UChicago)
📖 Information Laundering: How Misinformation Gets Cleaned and Dirty Across Digital and Policy Ecosystems

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OSoMe Awesome Speakers - Petter Törnberg (University of Amsterdam) YouTube video by Observatory on Social Media

For those of you who missed it, the recording of Petter Törnberg's talk is now available!

Flyer for Indiana University's Observatory on Social Media Awesome Speakers. OSoMe Awesome Speakers is a virtual event that aims to provide a platform for leading scholars and researchers to share their work and insights about social media manipulation and misinformation. Speaker: Petter Tornberg, University of Amsterdam. Date: November 12, 2025. Time, 12pm to 1pm ET. Register and see the full list of speakers at osome.iu.edu/events.

OSoMe Awesome Speakers is back TOMORROW 🥳

Join us for Petter Törnberg's talk, Studying Digital Media in the Post-Social Media Era, at 12pm ET.

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We're wrapping up the semester with THREE OSoMe Awesome Speakers!

📅 November 12 @ 12 PM ET
Petter Törnberg, University of Amsterdam

📅 November 19 @ 12 PM ET
Michelle Amazeen, Boston University

📅 December 3 @ 12 PM ET
James Evans, University of Chicago

Register: osome.iu.edu/events/speak...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: OSoMe Awesome Speakers - Patrick Warren. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. OSoMe Awesome Speakers is a virtual event that aims to provide a platform for leading scholars and researchers to share their work and insights about social media manipulation and misinformation. The ...

Don't forget, we kick off the 2025-2026 OSoMe Awesome Speakers with Patrick Warren tomorrow!

Register for the 12pm ET talk here: iu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

We’re kicking off this year’s OSoMe Awesome Speakers with Patrick Warren!

📅 September 12 | 12pm ET
🎤 Talk: Measuring the Impact of a Large State-Sponsored Narrative-Laundering Campaign: The case of the Storm-1516 attack on Zelensky

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Donate Your donation empowers the Observatory on Social Media to advance research, education, and open-source tools that illuminate social media dynamics for the...

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OSoMeNet Visualize information spreading and sharing patterns across multiple social media platforms

🎉 After 8 amazing years, Hoaxy is retiring! Its legacy lives on in OSoMeNet—our new, unified tool for social media research. Thank you for supporting Hoaxy! 🙌

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Three New Tools to Explore Social Media The Observatory on Social Media (OSoMe, pronounced “awesome”) is excited to introduce three new tools that will make it easier to study and engage with...

Our team just launched three new tools to help you explore social media data:
🌉NewsBridge – Adds AI-powered context to Facebook posts
🔍 Barney’s Tavern – Search 34B social media posts
🌐 OSoMeNet – Visualize how info spreads across platforms
Learn more and try them out:
osome.iu.edu/research/blo...

Maintenance is finally complete! Botometer X and the rest of our tools are functioning properly again! 🎉

Scheduled maintenance on Botometer X is taking a bit longer than expected. Thanks for your patience — updates coming soon! 🚧🛠️

Platforms are shifting toward community-driven content moderation, but are they giving users the right tools to succeed?

Join us March 5 at 12PM ET for a talk with Dr. Amy Zhang on how platform design can support users in shaping healthier online spaces.

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This event is happening TOMORROW (February 6th)!

🔊 Don’t miss our next OSoMe Awesome Speaker: Dr. Deen Freelon!

📅 Feb 6, 12 PM ET | 💻 Online
📢 Computational Research in the Post-API Age
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