social bot
Fake online persona
A social bot is an automated account on social media platforms, programmed to post content, follow users, or interact with posts without human involvement.
Some are benign—customer service bots, weather updates—but the term often implies deceptive intent: amplifying political messages, spreading misinformation, or inflating follower counts.
The investigation revealed thousands of social bots pushing the conspiracy theory.
- automatedOperating without human control
- trollDeliberate online antagonist
- troll armyCoordinated online disinformation force
- fake accountFabricated user profile
- spamUnsolicited bulk messages
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