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Institute for Strategic Discourse: 8 of the top 10 BXP promoting Twitter accounts appear to be bots
5 of the top 10 accounts mentioning the Brexit Party were producing 🔼144 tweets per day, an average of 1 tweet every 3.3 mins over an 8 hr period.
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
5 of the top 10 accounts mentioning the Brexit Party were producing 🔼144 tweets per day, an average of 1 tweet every 3.3 mins over an 8 hr period.
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
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“Bots also appear to be heavily promoting Ukip, with six bot-like accounts in their top ten Twitter accounts.
“Bots also appear to be heavily promoting Ukip, with six bot-like accounts in their top ten Twitter accounts.
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“Out of the top ten most active accounts mentioning their official Twitter handles Labour , the Green party and the Conservatives have no bot-like accounts promoting their party in the top ten most active accounts mentioning them, and the liberal democrats only have one.”
“Out of the top ten most active accounts mentioning their official Twitter handles Labour , the Green party and the Conservatives have no bot-like accounts promoting their party in the top ten most active accounts mentioning them, and the liberal democrats only have one.”
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“Eight of the top ten accounts mentioning the Conservatives showed bot-like behaviour - but they were all engaged in criticism of the Tories.
There’s no suggestion any of the party are responsible for or aware of the bots.”
“Eight of the top ten accounts mentioning the Conservatives showed bot-like behaviour - but they were all engaged in criticism of the Tories.
There’s no suggestion any of the party are responsible for or aware of the bots.”
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“Many of the most active BXP supporting accounts were also engaged in ‘hostile activity’ towards other parties.
1 pro-Brexit Party account is the 3rd most active overall, tweeting an average of 648 times a day.
“Many of the most active BXP supporting accounts were also engaged in ‘hostile activity’ towards other parties.
1 pro-Brexit Party account is the 3rd most active overall, tweeting an average of 648 times a day.
6/. ” It is also the ninth most active mentioning Change UK, generally posting critically of the anti-Brexit party.
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“Jacob Davey, Research Manager at the ISD, said: “In the run-up to the European Elections, the Brexit Party has been performing well online, posting content which is gaining a lot of likes and shares.”
“Jacob Davey, Research Manager at the ISD, said: “In the run-up to the European Elections, the Brexit Party has been performing well online, posting content which is gaining a lot of likes and shares.”
8/. ““However, when we looked more closely at the social media accounts mentioning the party we noticed that the majority were behaving strangely – the content was being posted at a massive rate, and the ‘people’ sharing didn’t look like real people at all.
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““This suggests that the accounts might be automated in some way, and are acting like bots.
“This is important – as it points to the fact that the Brexit Party’s great online performance is in part being driven by dodgy tactics.
““This suggests that the accounts might be automated in some way, and are acting like bots.
“This is important – as it points to the fact that the Brexit Party’s great online performance is in part being driven by dodgy tactics.
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““These accounts aren’t only working to amplify the Brexit Party’s message, they are also involved in targeting their political opponents.
““These accounts aren’t only working to amplify the Brexit Party’s message, they are also involved in targeting their political opponents.
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“The sort of dirty tricks which we saw being tried out by Russia during the US elections are now being adopted across the board.
“These tactics are dangerous as they distort what we see online and pollute our social media environment, and need to be taken seriously.”
“The sort of dirty tricks which we saw being tried out by Russia during the US elections are now being adopted across the board.
“These tactics are dangerous as they distort what we see online and pollute our social media environment, and need to be taken seriously.”
Correction “Institute of Strategic Dialogue”
(Thanks, Mike!)
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