{"id":11475,"date":"2023-09-09T00:37:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T22:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/09\/bots-on-x-worse-than-ever-according-to-analysis-of-1m-tweets-during-first-republican-primary-debate\/"},"modified":"2023-09-09T00:37:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T22:37:22","slug":"bots-on-x-worse-than-ever-according-to-analysis-of-1m-tweets-during-first-republican-primary-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/09\/bots-on-x-worse-than-ever-according-to-analysis-of-1m-tweets-during-first-republican-primary-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Bots on X worse than ever according to analysis of 1m tweets during first Republican primary debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers identify sprawling bot network of 1,305 accounts active during Republican debate and Donald Trump interview<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning and afternoon news emails<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bot activity on the platform formerly known as Twitter is worse than ever, according to researchers, despite X\u2019s new owner, Elon Musk, claiming a crackdown on bots as one of his key reasons for buying the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is clear that X is not doing enough to moderate content and has no clear strategy for dealing with political disinformation,\u201d Assoc Prof Timothy Graham tells Guardian Australia.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/sep\/09\/x-twitter-bots-republican-primary-debate-tweets-increase\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/bbcfc5991148d267d3046f08703ee92da69a8377\/0_123_2000_1200\/master\/2000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=f2d62d7c0bd09ac5d7bd2040cbbe2a77\" title=\"Bots on X worse than ever according to analysis of 1m tweets during first Republican primary debate\" \/>Researchers identify sprawling bot network of 1,305 accounts active during Republican debate and Donald Trump interview<br \/>\nGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>Bot activity on the platform formerly known as Twitter is worse than ever, according to researchers, despite X\u2019s new owner, Elon Musk, claiming a crackdown on bots as one of his key reasons for buying the company.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is clear that X is not doing enough to moderate content and has no clear strategy for dealing with political disinformation,\u201d Assoc Prof Timothy Graham tells Guardian Australia.<br \/>\nSign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers identify sprawling bot network of 1,305 accounts active during Republican debate and Donald Trump interview Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Bot activity on the platform formerly known as Twitter is worse than ever, according to researchers, despite X\u2019s new owner, 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