Research report 2025 - Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy
First automatic propaganda detection algorithm
Authors
Kireev, Klim; Mykhno, Yevhen; Troncoso, Carmela; Overdorf, Rebekah
Departments
Max-Planck-Institut für Sicherheit und Privatsphäre, Bochum
Summary
An emerging cybersecurity threat is the spread of information-based attacks on social media platforms. Telegram has become a primary source of information in many countries, and in critical circumstances such as the Russo-Ukrainian War. Thus, it is important to create tools that can help Telegram moderators to hinder the spread of propaganda and false information. We developed an automatic propaganda detection mechanism to fight against disinformation on Telegram.