Bot or Not?

Government vs The Robots

Jul 22, 202042:03Government & Organizations

This week Jonathan talks to Professor Samuel Woolley, author of The Reality Game, about the use of bots to plant and spread disinformation on social media platforms. The conversation covers how many bots there are online...

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