EPISODE · Feb 20, 2018 · 9 MIN
Pro-Gun Russian Bots Flood Twitter After Parkland Shooting
from Security, Spoken · host WIRED
Each new breaking news situation is an opportunity for trolls to grab attention, provoke emotions, and spread propaganda. The Russian government knows this. Fake-news manufacturing teenagers in Macedonia know this. Twitter bot creators know this. And thanks to data-gathering operations from groups like the Alliance for Securing Democracy and RoBhat Labs, the world knows this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Each new breaking news situation is an opportunity for trolls to grab attention, provoke emotions, and spread propaganda. The Russian government knows this. Fake-news manufacturing teenagers in Macedonia know this. Twitter bot creators know this. And thanks to data-gathering operations from groups like the Alliance for Securing Democracy and RoBhat Labs, the world knows this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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