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Researchers at the University of South Carolina have been looking at Twitter again and decided harm reduction advocates are Big Tobacco shills or automated bots.
By @_Dave_Cross_ via @PVapes
Att: @UofSC
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By @_Dave_Cross_ via @PVapes
Att: @UofSC
1/ (a thread ⬇️)
planetofthevapes.co.uk/news/health-st…
The abstract of this paper reports that "Nearly 42% of tweets showed a bot score greater than .43" and does so immediately following a sentence referring to 'pro-MRTP'(1) tweets.
1) Modified Risk Tobacco Product
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1) Modified Risk Tobacco Product
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While not explicitly stating these 'high bot rating' accounts are #BigTobacco shills, putting that note immediately after a sentence referring to the Pro-MRTP accounts would lead most readers to assume that those were the accounts with the high bot rating.
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