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DESCRIPTION:The idea that social media is populated by countless "social bo
 ts" has become widely accepted. "Social bots" are assumed to be automated 
 social media accounts operated by malicious actors with the aim of manipul
 ating public opinion. Alleged "social bot armies" have been reported durin
 g the election of Donald Trump and the Brexit referendum\, and\, more rece
 ntly\, in the context of the Covid19 pandemic. In fact\, however\, the rel
 evant research is based on ridiculous\, pseudoscientific methods\, the fai
 lure of which the researchers regularly try to conceal by withholding the 
 raw data. The alleged "bots" in these studies are almost exclusively norma
 l people who are misinterpreted as "bots".
DTSTAMP:20260615T081128Z
LOCATION:ChaosZone TV
SUMMARY:The Rise and Fall of "Social Bot" Research - Florian Gallwitz
URL:https://pretalx.c3voc.de/rc3-2021-chaoszone/talk/XLEWYN/
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