How Twitter bots get people to spread fake news
One tactic of automated accounts is to target people with many followers

FRAUDULENT BOTS On Twitter, automated accounts called bots duped many human users into spreading misinformation during the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Bombuscreative/iStock.com
This article is only available to Science News subscribers.
Subscribers, enter your e-mail address to access our archives.
