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"I can't insult that party": This is how AI reveals political bots on social media.

Summary
"It is disturbing that someone could use armies of bots and artificial intelligence tools to attack political opponents and undermine democratic debate." The League is taking action in the case of suspicious accounts appearing on the social media of several Italian politicians, calling for the identification of those responsible. "What has emerged in the last few hours, including on Matteo Salvini's social media profiles, is worrying and deserves further investigation. We want to know who is behind these accounts, who manages them, and for what purposes. Clearly, the League is bothering someone," the party said in a statement.

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Lean Left

Automatic messages in English appear under the posts of Salvini and other Italian politicians. AI systems reject requests, but bots also publish answers. The League: We want to know who is hiding behind these accounts

·Turin, Italy
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Center

The 'revealers' comments appeared several hours ago in particular under a post by Salvini on the Meta platforms dedicated to the tragedy of Bataclan. But the same thing happened to other political leaders

·Rome, Italy
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Lean Left

The bots rebel against Italian politicians. In the last two days, in fact, it's enough to take a tour under the social posts of different Italian politicians to come across a series of very unusual comments. Numerous suspicious profiles have started to publish messages in which they openly declare that they cannot satisfy certain requests. Answers clearly generated by artificial intelligence systems that, instead of performing the instructions r…

·Rome, Italy
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Center

Repubblica.it records the "revolt of bots against politicians" after malfunctions (ANSA)

·Rome, Italy
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Left

Matteo Salvini's party comments on the anomalous messages under his social profile: "Amazing, army of bots to attack political opponents"

·Italy
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Lean Left

Parliamentarians, MEPs and ministers, under their own profile, were sent messages from suspicious accounts that made it known that they could not do what was required.

·Rome, Italy
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La Repubblica broke the news in Rome, Italy on Saturday, November 14, 2026.
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