New research co-authored by assistant research professor and associate director of Informatics at the University of Southern California Department of Computer Science, Emilio Ferrara, looks at "social hacking" over social ...
Internet
Nov 20, 2018
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The Swiss sportswear manufacturer KJUS presented the world's first ski jacket with an integrated electronic user-controlled membrane on November 15. Thanks to the HYDRO_BOT technology developed together with Empa, the ski ...
Engineering
Nov 19, 2018
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Nearly two-thirds of the social media bots with political activity on Twitter before the 2016 U.S. presidential election supported Donald Trump. But all those Trump bots were far less effective at shifting people's opinions ...
Internet
Nov 5, 2018
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Dwelling in a political echo chamber—where you encounter only people who agree with you—is hardly conducive to a healthy democracy.
Social Sciences
Sep 3, 2018
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Automated accounts or "bots" play a big role in disseminating information on Twitter, accounting for two-thirds of tweets linking to popular websites, a study showed Monday.
Internet
Apr 9, 2018
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Normally, autonomous computer programmes known as bots trawl the internet, for example, to help search engines. However, there are also programmes known as social bots which interfere in social media, automatically generating ...
Internet
Feb 21, 2018
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On Saturday, the New York Times published an article detailing its investigation into Devumi, a company that sells Twitter followers to celebrities, influencers, and anyone else willing to pay for online popularity. The purchased ...
Internet
Jan 30, 2018
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The role and risks of bots, such as automated Twitter accounts, in influencing public opinion and political elections continues to provoke intense international debate and controversy. An insightful new collection of articles ...
Internet
Dec 19, 2017
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A team of researchers has isolated the characteristics of bots on Twitter through an examination of bot activity related to Russian political discussions.
Internet
Dec 18, 2017
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If no one comes to the rescue, an online army of "Grinch bots" may end up spoiling Christmas for many kids by using automated software to scoop up prized toys and other sought-after items for big profit.
Internet
Dec 8, 2017
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