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Trolls and bots are flooding social media with disinformation encouraging states to end quarantine

and #OperationGridlock to spread disinformation. According to Bouzy, the bots and trolls are spreading conspiracy theories about Democrats wanting to hurt the economy to make Trump look bad, Democrats trying to take away people's civil liberties, and Democrats trying to prevent people from voting. The accounts are also using"We use machine learning and artificial intelligence to classify accounts," Bouzy says.

"Inauthentic accounts are amplifying disinformation and inaccurate statistics and sharing false information as a reason to reopen the country," Bouzy says. "Many of these accounts are also spreading bizarre conspiracy theories about Democrats using COVID-19 as a way to take away American freedoms and prevent Americans from voting.

"These accounts are spreading disinformation about why it is safe to return to work and go back to normal activities," Bouzy says. "Inauthentic accounts are downplaying the seriousness of COVID-19, and they sharing inaccurate information about the mortality rate of the virus. The problem is significant because many of these inauthentic accounts are retweeted by other larger accounts, which increases their reach and visibility.

 

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If you’ve ever used the term patriot to define mass protest or sheep to define people who do the due diligence to research a subject from multiple sources...what’s the definition for someone who follows the advice of bots & trolls to gather in public during a pandemic?

You're a fraud. freedom

I wonder if those people don’t even live in the u.s. just like the paid ones from Macedonia’s fake accounts in 2016

Fake news is flooding social media with disinformation encouraging states to continue quarantine.

I noticed this with some of the replies to our local news KTNV FOX5Vegas CityOfLasVegas These accounts that have Just opened around March-April with a random set of numbers in their user name.

Most media outlets spread disinformation on a daily basis

I'm a troll & I'm not telling that LIE ! Some trolls, troll the truth, that's me !

Same in France !! StopConfinement

I unfollowed you because of your bias.

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