NOPE.
Hamilton 68 was an
attempt to identify networks of Russian bots on twitter. They published what they were doing on a "dashboard."
CLAIM: The Hamilton 68 project deceived reporters.
FACTS: Throughout the project, ASD and the Hamilton 68 team engaged with almost all reporters who approached us in good faith to understand the tool. This included participating in reports that were highly critical of the project and methodology, but that we hoped would clarify misrepresentations of the data. We also consistently pushed back against misrepresentations of our data in media reports. This included engaging with conservative media outlets to dispute claims, based on our data, that incorrectly labelled conservative hashtag campaigns—specifically one supporting Laura Ingraham—as having Russian origins.
CLAIM: Hamilton 68 “will take conversations in conservative circles on Twitter and accuse them of being Russian”.
FACTS: This claim is not supported by the data. Almost every day the dashboard was operational, the most used hashtags and key phrases focused on Ukraine, Russia, and Syria. Below is a screengrab from February 14, 2018, the day of the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida.
