Monday, July 17, 2017

Russian State TV Discovered Using Twitter Bots to Pose as Viewers

A Russian state television channels has been exposed using bots to pose as audience members on social media during its flagship news shows.

Channel One talk show “Vremya Pokazhet” launched its latest digital drive in June, promising viewers that their messages could be featured on screen if they tweeted during the show. But an investigation by Russia's Vedomosti newspaper revealed many of the tweets which appeared during the show were produced by computer-run accounts referred to as bots....
https://themoscowtimes.com/news/russian-state-tv-discovered-using-bots-to-pose-as-viewers-on-twitter-58291

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