Top FIBers dashboard tracks superspreaders of low-credibility information online

May 31, 2023
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Social media superspreaders have the ability to rapidly disseminate information, regardless of its veracity. This means they can influence consequential conversations — for better or worse — related to elections, public health and social issues.

With the goal of tracking superspreaders that are disseminating large quantities of low-credibility content, Indiana University’s Observatory on Social Media, or OSoMe, has launched a new tool: the Top FIBers dashboard.

Watch Matt DeVerna talk about Top FIBers on WISH-TV and read the full press release here: News at IU