Political Misinformation Bot

CS 152, Spring 2025

Group 8

Contributors: Sarah Barragan, Andrew Chen, Rhea Kapur, Raymond Obu, Teddy Zhang

Links

Demo video: https://youtu.be/gVeRumsvAoI Poster: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rOdz_VJr-9Pz5WO1cMxnH-9-WxY8MAFN/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111795688893312742658&rtpof=true&sd=true'

Usage:

1. cs152bots-group8/DiscordBot $ python3 bot.py
2. For users: DM report to the Group 8 mod bot:
3. For moderators: DM moderate to the Group 8 mod bot. Moderators may skip a report for personal reasons.
4. Type report display or report summary into *-mod channel to see overview or reports

Overview:

Our bot funnels all messages through a classifier-LLM pipeline to automatically submit a report if needed. User reports go into the same queue, which is organized by how likely content is to cause imminent harm. Moderators, with LLM assistance, make decisions about each piece of content.