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How Twitter bots affected the US presidential campaign

  • Written by Emilio Ferrara, Research Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Southern California
imageWho's behind that Twitter feed?Robot typing via shutterstock.com

Key to democracy is public engagement – when people discuss the issues of the day with each other openly, honestly and without outside influence. But what happens when large numbers of participants in that conversation are biased robots created by unseen groups with unknown...

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