[liberationtech] Trump's Instagram Following Is Full Of Bots And Russians - Forbes

[Andrea St]

Dear libtech list,

Forbes published my latest research about Trump and his digital followers:

"Trump is big with bots elsewhere too. Over on Facebook-owned Instagram,
Trump’s been acquiring a good deal of followers, but significant tranches
of them are bots and Russians, researchers from Italy told FORBES today.
And, of course, there are untold numbers of Russian bots [...]"

link:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2016/11/07/25000-russians-follow-trump-instagram-bots-everywhere/#2d46b6227128

feedback are welcome
Andrea

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*A*ndrea *S*troppa
Security researcher, World Economic Forum
https://agenda.weforum.org/people/andrea-stroppa/
@andst7
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