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2019-09-11
[Anonymous].  2019.  Researchers develop app to detect Twitter bots in any language. Help Net Security.

Language scholars and machine learning specialists collaborated to create a new application that can detect Twitter bots independent of the language used. The detection of bots will help in decreasing the spread of fake news.

2019-09-10
Filippo Menczer.  2018.  Study: Twitter bots played disproportionate role spreading misinformation during 2016 election. News at IU Bloomington.

Twitter bots played a significant role in the spread of misinformation during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. People often deem messages trustworthy when they appear to be shared by many sources. The research behind this discovery highlights the amplification of misinformation through the use of bots.

Jeff Stone.  2019.  Russian Twitter bots lay dormant for months before impersonating activists. Cyber Scoop.

This article pertains to cognitive security. Twitter accounts deployed by Russia's troll factory in 2016 didn't only spread disinformation meant to influence the U.S. presidential election. A small handful tried making money too.