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Center for Information Networks and Democracy
Committed to excellence in research on the benefits and risks that information networks have for democracy.
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Mission
Led by Sandra González-Bailón and Yphtach Lelkes, CIND brings together researchers developing creative, evidence-driven work at the intersection of political communication and computational social science. We aim to advance our understanding of information networks and their impact on democracy.
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News
A New Study Uncovers How Information Spread on Facebook in the Lead up to and After the 2020 Election
Professor Sandra González-Bailón and colleagues analyzed the spread of over one billion Facebook posts to reveal how information flowed on the social network.