OPINON: Russian Twitter bots and the vaccine debate
Aug 25, 2018, 10:26 AM | Updated: Aug 3, 2022, 2:58 pm
JayMac: I’ve said time and time again that Russians meddled in the 2016 election and they’re already messing with the 2018 election. Now, their Twitter bots are spreading misinformation about vaccines as a way to create discord in the U.S., according to a study.
The study found there were Russian bot accounts that were masked as normal Twitter users. The Twitter bots were both anti- and pro-vaccines.
Is that not the most evil thing you’ve ever heard?
We should not be cozying up to Russia in any way, shape, or form.
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