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Armies of bots battled on Twitter over Chinese spy balloon incident

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Tens of thousands of bots tussled on Twitter to try to shape the debate as a Chinese spy balloon flew over the US and Canada last year. Researchers tracked nearly 1.2 million tweets posted by more than 120,000 users on Twitter between 31 January and 22 February 2023. Bots autonomously carry out tasks such as sending Twitter messages to people on the platform and liking other posts.

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Armies of bots battled on Twitter over Chinese spy balloon incident

Large proportions of users posting on Twitter – now X – about the Chinese balloon that drifted over the US and Canada in 2023 were bots attempting to shape the debate

3 months ago·Baltimore, United States

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