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Half the accounts pushing "reopen America" on Twitter are bots

Big business, Russia/China/Iran, or all of the above?

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There's been a surge in bot activity in the past month in online discussions about reopening America from COVID-19 shutdowns, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University said this week.

The researchers analyzed over 200 million tweets discussing COVID-19 and found that roughly half the accounts were likely bots.

They identified the bots by looking for accounts that tweeted more frequently than humanly possible or whose location appeared to rapidly switch among different countries.

It's unclear who's behind the surge in bot activity or whether they're originating from the US or abroad.

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by Anonymousreply 4May 23, 2020 6:29 PM

The world has become a scary place. No news source can be trusted anymore. Fertile ground for fascism.

by Anonymousreply 1May 23, 2020 6:24 PM

We know, OP.

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by Anonymousreply 2May 23, 2020 6:28 PM

R1 Some news sources can be trusted more than others, but you have to trust but verify. Not just read the headlines or listen to people "outraged" on Twitter, trying to go viral by who can post the most controversial tweet.

However the post isn't about news sources, it's about Twitter, specifically, which makes me wonder if you have an agenda to push "no news sources can be trusted" propaganda.

by Anonymousreply 3May 23, 2020 6:28 PM

R2 funnily enough the thread you posted has another post saying "we know" and linking to a third thread. Hah!

by Anonymousreply 4May 23, 2020 6:29 PM
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