Bad News Bots: How Civil Society Can Combat Automated Online Propaganda
BY Sam Woolley and Phil Howard | Wednesday, December 10 2014
t’s no secret that governments and political actors now make use of social robots or bots—automated scripts that produce content and mimic real users. Faux social media accounts now spread pro-governmental messages, beef up web site follower numbers, and causeartificial trends. Bot-generated propaganda and misdirection has become a worldwide political strategy. In this guest post, Sam Woolley and Phil Howard suggest some ways to fight back. Read More