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Social Bots

What are social bots?

Bots are computer-generated accounts that sit on social media masquerading as humans. While plenty of them are harmless or even have good intentions, others are deliberately designed to extort, sell products, spread propaganda or bully human users on social media platforms. Bots – short for ‘robots’ – are often confused with state-funded troll accounts, and the two can be difficult to distinguish. However, if the results are the same, then both should be treated in much the same way.

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