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Fake News, micro-targeting, Russian bots, influence campaigns... As this Tuesday, November 5, 2024, several million citizens are called to the polls for the presidential election in the United States, many fear potential manipulation of voters via social networks. But what is their real impact on opinions and ballots? And what measures should be put in place to protect the elections from "algorithmic turpitudes"? In Détours, the new Sciences Po program, Jean-Philippe Cointet, professor of sociology at Sciences Po Medialab and director of the Institut libre des transformations numériques, attempts to answer these questions. Prepare yourself to take "detours" through history, theory, current events, fiction and the future.