The Really Dark Truth About Bots

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Thousands of pro-Trump bots are attacking DeSantis, Haley - The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — Over the past 11 months, someone created thousands of fake, automated Twitter accounts — perhaps hundreds of thousands of them — to offer a stream of praise for Donald Trump...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-desantis-twitter-haley-presidential-election/2023/03/06/e0c3d4fc-bc1f-11ed-9350-7c5fccd598ad_story.html

You are probably spreading misinformation. Here’s how to stop - The Washington Post

A citizen's guide to not helping trolls, bots and other online disinformers during turbulent times.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/06/05/stop-spreading-misinformation/

Revealed: quarter of all tweets about climate crisis produced by bots

The social media conversation over the climate crisis is being reshaped by an army of automated Twitter bots, with a new analysis finding that a quarter of all tweets about climate on an average day are produced by bots, the Guardian can reveal. The stunning levels of Twitter bot activity on topics related to global heating and the climate crisis is distorting the online discourse to include far more climate science denialism than it would otherwise. ....
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/21/climate-tweets-twitter-bots-analysis

Twitter Has Suspended Several Accounts That Tweeted “I Hired Donald Trump To Fire People Like Yovanovitch"

The phrase “I hired Donald Trump to fire people like Yovanovitch" trended on Twitter on Friday morning as Marie Yovanovitch, former US ambassador to Ukraine, testified in front of the impeachment inquiry held by the House Intelligence Committee. And while it may have seemed like a spontaneous outcry from the president's supporters, the phrase has spread at a rate consistent with the coordinated inauthentic behavior expected from a network of bots or sock puppet accounts.....
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/donald-trump-fire-people-like-yovanovitch-coordinated

Pro-Trump bots dominated Twitter during Democratic debate flooding users with president's taunts: report - Raw Story

According to Axios, the most shared content on Twitter during the Democratic debates in Houston, Texas on Thursday came from President Donald Trump's re-election campaign — due mainly to promotion and retweeting by bot accounts. The most-shared tweet was an eight-second video clip of an aircraft banner reading "Socialism will kill Houston's economy! VOTE TRUMP...
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/09/pro-trump-bots-dominated-twitter-during-democratic-debate-flooding-users-with-presidents-taunts-report/

Twitter shuts down 5,000 pro-Trump bots retweeting anti-Mueller report invective - Ars Technica

Bots were tied to account formerly used for pro-Saudi messaging.....
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/04/twitter-shuts-down-network-of-5000-possibly-saudi-pro-trump-bots/

Clean up your cyber-hygiene – 6 changes to make in the new year - The Conversation US

Protect yourself from hackers, trolls, bots, social media executives and programmers in need of ethics training. ....
https://theconversation.com/clean-up-your-cyber-hygiene-6-changes-to-make-in-the-new-year-108565

We researched Russian trolls and figured out exactly how they neutralise certain news - The Conversation US

After following trails and speaking to a former professional troll, researchers have uncovered the tricks. ....
https://theconversation.com/we-researched-russian-trolls-and-figured-out-exactly-how-they-neutralise-certain-news-100994

Twitter Bots May Have Delivered Donald Trump's Victory, Research Paper Says -- HuffPost

Twitter bots could have swayed the presidential election enough to account for Donald Trump’s margin of victory, according to new research....
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/twitter-bots-may-have-delivered-donald-trumps-victory-research-finds_us_5b07a231e4b0568a8809c66a

Russian bots rally behind Fox News host Laura Ingraham amid ad exodus - Business Insider

As companies yank their ads from Fox News commentator Laura Ingraham's show in droves, she continues to draw support from one key Twitter demographic: Russian bots....

http://www.businessinsider.com/russian-bots-support-fox-news-host-laura-ingraham-amid-advertiser-exodus-2018-3

Twitter Users Spread Fake News Farther and Faster Than the Truth - Mother Jones -- New Study

A viral tweet spreading fake news about a non-existent terrorist attack on President Barack Obama once temporarily upset the stock market. When natural disasters strike, fake photos often flourish online. ....
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/03/new-study-twitter-users-spread-fake-news-farther-and-faster-than-the-truth/

How Russian trolls exploited Parkland shooting online -- PolitiFact

Russian-linked social media accounts exploited the tragedy at a Parkland, Fla., high school to sow discord and deepen divisions in America. Russian bots and trolls pushed conspiracy theories about survivors and amplified Second Amendment messaging in an apparent effort to undermine gun control advocacy. ....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/feb/22/how-russian-trolls-exploited-parkland-mass-shootin/

After Florida School Shooting, Russian ‘Bot’ Army Pounced - The New York Times

One hour after news broke about the school shooting in Florida last week, Twitter accounts suspected of having links to Russia released hundreds of posts taking up the gun control debate. The accounts addressed the news with the speed of a cable news network.....

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/19/technology/russian-bots-school-shooting.html

How Russia Exploited Black Lives Matter, Sean Hannity, and Mass Shootings -- Mother Jones

On Friday, special counsel Robert Mueller indicted thirteen Russian nationals for attempting to sabotage the 2016 US elections. The 37-page indictment alleges that Russians working for the Internet Research Agency, a Kremlin-linked troll farm, engaged in a multiyear campaign to spread misinformation and actively supported Donald Trump's bid for the White House. ....
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/02/how-russia-exploited-black-lives-matter-sean-hannity-and-mass-shootings/

Pro-Gun Russian Bots Flood Twitter After Parkland Shooting -- WIRED

In the wake of Wednesday's Parkland, Florida school shooting Russian bots have taken to Twitter to stoke the gun control debate. ....
https://www.wired.com/story/pro-gun-russian-bots-flood-twitter-after-parkland-shooting

Donald Trump Joins With Russian Bots to Trash Mark Warner on Twitter -- Mother Jones

On Thursday night, a few hours before the government briefly shut down, President Donald Trump turned his attention to Sen. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat at the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee's investigation into Trump's ties to Russia. Trump tweeted about a Fox News story reporting that last year Warner had exchanged text messages with a lobbyist...
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/02/donald-trump-joins-with-russian-bots-to-trash-mark-warner-on-twitter/

Right-wing demand to 'Release the Memo' endorsed by Russian bots, trolls -- NBC News

An unreleased classified memo by House Republican staffers describes alleged surveillance abuses by the FBI. Democrats have denounced it as misleading.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/right-wing-demand-releasethememo-endorsed-russian-bots-trolls-n839141

#ReleaseTheMemo shows how Republicans, Fox News and Russian bots can cooperate to make fake news

Last week, a story suddenly emerged about a secret memo that would “end the Mueller investigation,” upend the FBI and launch a scandal “bigger than Watergate.” But surprisingly, several days later, the announcement that brought Republican congressmen nearly to tears, has resulted in nothing....
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2018/1/22/1734935/--ReleaseTheMemo-shows-how-Republicans-Fox-News-and-Russian-bots-can-cooperate-to-make-fake-news

How Russian bots appear in your timeline -- BBC News

A number of high-profile social media accounts have been exposed as Russian "bots". ....
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41982569