This thread isn't technical
It has some basic education
And then deals with strategic and political issues
IMHO bots are a bigger threat than many understand
Some networking across #FBPE could help
And maybe you can help
The rest of the thread explores these issues
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If you have time to get more involved read on.
Otherwise, thank you.
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1. The old problem - infiltration, fake news, timewasting for #FBPE.
2. Leave. They check less, have more bots and are more susceptible.
If you're thinking, "screw them", "why should we care", read on
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Bots are not what they were in 2016, every year they become exponentially better, this article gives you a taste of where we’re going. Anyone uninformed is a target. As are the informed...
cdn.defenseone.com/a/defenseone/i…
Most will know Rachael Swindon handle (intentionally not tagged)
There's a famous case study below of trouble "she" got "herself" into over the Skripal incident
If she can be fooled, so can you, no matter how informed
medium.com/dfrlab/putinat…
1. Fear the left (Corbyn),
2. Hate a patsy (immigrants)
3. Lead with MIDDLE CLASS and friends (big mistake saying Brexit is a working-class thing. Middles have more agency)
New Statesman gets it⏬
newstatesman.com/world/europe/2…
1. Educate - hence how this thread started
2. Campaign - encourage blocking and reporting as an #FBPE thing
3. Lobbying - We need MSM and responsible politicians to see the problem
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No easy way around Link Shortening without editing the URL, screenshot⏬
botsentinel.com
botcheck.me
bit.ly/botcheckme my short URL, or Google “Chrome Store botcheckme extension”
mikewk.shinyapps.io/botornot/ (tweetbotornot)
botometer.iuni.iu.edu
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medium.com/dfrlab/botspot…
symantec.com/blogs/election…
mashable.com/2018/02/20/how…
blog.mozilla.org/internetcitize…
rstudio-pubs-static.s3.amazonaws.com/528096_91815fa…
Countering Bots
techpresident.com/news/25374/bad…
insidescience.org/news/battling-…
rand.org/pubs/research_…
Thanks to @kristof_balint for the tip.