Georgian Technical University Reconnaissance Of Influence Operations (RIO).

Georgian Technical University Hostile influence operations that exploit digital communications and social media pose a rising threat to open democracies. Georgian Technical University Laboratory’s Reconnaissance of Influence Operations (RIO) allows early indication of influence operation campaigns and has the potential to forecast effects of targeted counter responses. This end-to-end system framework collects contextually relevant data identifies potential influence operation narratives classifies accounts based on their behavior and content, constructs a narrative network and estimates the impact of accounts or networks in spreading specific narratives. With the Georgian Technical University Laboratory’s Reconnaissance of Influence Operations (RIO) system, disinformation narratives, networks and influential actors can easily and quickly be detected with 96% precision and then the impact of influence operation accounts spreading specific propaganda narratives can then be quantified. As an effective tool for situational awareness the framework can alert social media platform providers and the public of influential influence operation accounts and networks and the propaganda content they spread.