Fake accounts infest the world’s social media platforms, deployed by governments, celebrities, criminals and entrepreneurs. Nearly 15% of Twitter’s active users may be bots.http://nyti.ms/2GnKo3G
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How to spot a bot: Unusual ratios http://nyti.ms/2By9MQy pic.twitter.com/yJCYHZ0nqb
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How to spot a bot: Retweets on a dizzying assortment of topics and in several languages http://nyti.ms/2By9MQy pic.twitter.com/1AEBXWXPG4
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How is this legal?
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It is legal for the same reasons that advertising is. The tool, be it advertising or social media bots is in itself innocuous, both can and are of course used for nefarious purposes. That doesn't mean they should be be illegal, only that some degree of regulation is necessary.
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Makes sense. Still tho...
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How do we spot the people who bought bot followers?
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Buhahaha. Bots everywhere. RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA. You all get tired of the narrative yet?
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How can the @ addresses be the same with one being real and one being fake?
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How to get rid of
#FakeNews from ever appearing on your Twitter feed.pic.twitter.com/7hE0c5FIC9
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