Detecting Twitter bots in real time.

NortonLifeLock Research Group (NRG) released a prototype browser extension called BotSight that leverages machine learning to detect Twitter bots in real-time. The tool is intended to help users understand the prevalence of bots and disinformation campaigns within their Twitter feeds, particularly with the increase in disinformation of COVID-19. Joining us on this week's Research Saturday to discuss this tool is Daniel Kats from NortonLifeLock Research Group. You can find the research here: Introducing BotSight Our thanks to Reservoir Labs for sponsoring this week's show.

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Detecting Twitter bots in real time. is an episode from The CyberWire - Your cyber security news connection. by David Bittner.

This episode is 21:35 long.

This episode was published on Aug 1, 2020.

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