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2020-05-25 Cyber

HALF of all Twitter posts demanding US reopen economy and spreading COVID-19 conspiracy theories are bots, researchers say

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 The other 50% are genuine?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-25 02:17|| 2020-05-25 02:17|| Front Page Top

#2 My Bullshit Detector is twinging and I haven't even read the article.

Posted by SteveS 2020-05-25 02:27|| 2020-05-25 02:27|| Front Page Top

#3 ^ so's mine Steve and it's not even plugged in.

Posted by AlanC 2020-05-25 07:27|| 2020-05-25 07:27|| Front Page Top

#4 So are these bots supposed to be Russian or Chinese? Trump to speed up the reopening for his reelection, or the Deep State to make him look bad?

Posted by Bobby 2020-05-25 11:57|| 2020-05-25 11:57|| Front Page Top

#5 This could be said of Twitter traffic in general.

Hmm, I wonder what the pro-lockdown percentage was?

And what about the "China is doing a great job, and it's racist to say 'Chinavirus'" tweets?.

Posted by charger 2020-05-25 15:36|| 2020-05-25 15:36|| Front Page Top

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