Camille François
Camille François | |
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| Alma mater | Sciences Po, Columbia University |
| Known for | Digital disinformation, cyberwarfare |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Graphika Niantic Harvard University |
| Website | Camille François on X |
Camille François is a French researcher working on digital disinformation and cyber security, and the chief innovation officer at Graphika,[1] a company providing insights on social media landscapes. She tracks how states are using social media for disinformation and misinformation.[2]
Some of her research focused on individual accounts from people working for troll farms such as the Internet Research Agency,[3] and she provided testimonies on Russian electoral influence operations for the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.[4]
Education and career[edit]
François holds a master's degree from the Paris Institute of Political Studies and a master's degree in international security from Columbia University in 2013. She worked at Jigsaw, a unit within Google dedicated to exploring threats to open societies. She is a Fulbright fellow and served as the special advisor to the CTO of France within the prime minister's office.[5]
She was featured as a Time 100 Next fellow in 2019[6] and as an innovator under 35 by theTechnology Review.[7]
She is an affiliate of the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University[8] and joined Niantic in 2021 as their global director of trust & safety.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ Camille François, Chair of Advisory Board – Graphika
- ^ Camille François MIA '13: An Optimist Mind – Columbia University
- ^ troll The IRA, Social Media and Political Polarization in the United States, 2012-2018 Computational Propaganda Research Project – University of Oxford
- ^ This former Google exec talked to the social media trolls the Russians paid to influence elections — here's what she learned – CNBC
- ^ Camille François on Cybersecurity and Democracy – Berkeley School of Information
- ^ Camille François Times 100 Next: Camille François – Time
- ^ Innovators Under 35: Camille François – MIT Technology Review
- ^ Camille François – Berkman-Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
- ^ Welcoming Camille Francois to Niantic – Niantic
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