This originally appeared in Tech President and was written with Sam Woolley  It’s no secret that governments and political actors now make use of social robots or bots—automated scripts that produce content and mimic real users. Faux social media accounts now spread pro-governmental messages, beef up web site follower numbers, and cause artificial trends. Bot-generated propaganda and misdirection has become a … Continue reading Bad News Bots: How Civil Society Can Combat Automated Online Propaganda