Is social media influence a growing threat to democracy?

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In the last year, social media manipulation campaigns have been recorded in 81 countries and most of the countries involved have deployed disinformation campaigns. Dr Samantha Bradshaw, who authored a media manipulation report by the Oxford Internet Institute, explains why these campaigns are a growing threat to democracies. (Image: Mobile phone signals in a crowd of people, illustration, Credit: Getty Images.)