Is Twitter Overrun by Bots? Probably
The world’s wealthiest man’s recent move to acquire Big Tech social media keystone Twitter appears to have exposed a long-running problem quietly writhing beneath the company’s apparently austere surface: swarms of bots posing as authentic,...
When ‘Words With Friends’ Devolved Into ‘Words With Bots’
An increasing number of users of the popular Words with Friends app have realized that they haven’t been testing their skills against fellow humans, but have been playing words with bots. “I was kind of...
Twitter, Facebook Passive as Bots Promote Chinese Diplomats and Propaganda Outlets
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been using an army of fake Twitter and Facebook accounts to control and manipulate the outside world’s opinion of China-oriented public policy, according to a recent report. A collaboration...