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Troll-spotting in social media.
There has been a huge upswell of Twitter bot activity since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, amplifying medical disinformation and the push to reopen America.
Oh hey, I'm a Twitter cyborg!
California's so-called 'bot bill,' which aims to protect users from automated bots on Twitter and other platforms, is noble, flashy, intriguing...and inept.
Scholars and practitioners across domains are increasingly concerned with algorithmic transparency and opacity, interrogating the values and assumptions embedde...
Ad fraud, fake news, etc.
Voter suppression.
Instagram's promise to root out "inauthentic activity" sends some social media marketers into crisis.
About 60 percent of Twitter activity related to the caravan late last week was driven by bots, according to a new tool aimed at news organizations.
We know sometimes bots pretend to be humans. But what about humans pretending to be bots?
An estimated two-thirds of tweeted links to popular websites are posted by automated accounts – not human beings.
“If the Internet Research Agency were a start-up media company, they probably would not be picking up a fresh round of venture capital.”
Flickr: Rosa MendozaA friend of mine worked for an online dating company whose audience was predominantly hetero 30-somethings. At some point, they realized that a large number of the “female” acco…