The spread of low-credibility content by social bots

Online misinformation is a threat to a well-informed electorate and undermines democracy. Here, the authors analyse the spread of articles on Twitter, find that bots play a major role in the spread of low-credibility content and suggest control measures for limiting the spread of misinformation.

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Main Authors: Chengcheng Shao, Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia, Onur Varol, Kai-Cheng Yang, Alessandro Flammini, Filippo Menczer
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f3b318f0d77d4713a6baeb60f4313f4e
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