propaganda bots
Fake influence accounts
Propaganda bots are automated social media accounts designed to spread political messaging, amplify particular viewpoints, or manipulate public opinion.
They operate at scale, flooding platforms with coordinated posts, retweets, and comments to create the illusion of grassroots support or widespread consensus.
The investigation revealed networks of propaganda bots pushing disinformation before the election.
Also called political bots or influence bots.
- trollDeliberate online antagonist
- troll farmOrganized disinformation operation
- disinformationIntentional deceptive falsehoods
- fake newsIntentionally deceptive media content
- astroturfingDisguised sponsored advocacy
bot army · manipulation · automated · Twitter · social media · algorithms · influence · sockpuppets · spam · viral · campaigns · Kremlin · state actors · foreign interference · hashtags · swarm · coordinated · amplify
- botsbot, chatbot, chatbots, spam bot, social bot
- online manipulationastroturfing, bot farms, disinformation, fake news, misinformation
propaganda botstruth-tellers
Those who state facts
fact-checkers · investigative reporters · whistleblowers · debunkers · investigative journalists
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