Large-scale bot operations targeted critical voices in Serbia and North Macedonia, attempting to trigger platform shutdowns ...
Instagram has fewer fake comments today after the company shut down Instagress, an automated Instagram bot, by request earlier this week. Liking and commenting on other images is a popular way to both ...
The Information's report about Instagram bots shows that fake accounts remain rampant on social media platforms. The issue is particularly concerning for marketers that pay for endorsements based on ...
IRANIAN women’s rights groups have for months faced a deluge of bots following their Instagram accounts and disrupting their digital outreach operations. Activists say that while they have repeatedly ...
A Manhattan data scientist is turning the social media influencer world on its head by revealing that he created a bot that not only runs a successful Manhattan-themed Instagram account on its own, ...
With Instagram comes the Instagram bot accounts that plague our timelines, comment sections, and more. MarketingDive even calculated that there could be as many as 95 million bot accounts on Instagram ...
Bots, bots, everywhere, but nothing good to click. As the social media networks of the world engage in a performative struggle to become good for people's well being, they have been simultaneously ...
Adi Robertson is a senior tech and policy editor focused on VR, online platforms, and free expression. Adi has covered video games, biohacking, and more for The Verge since 2011. Facebook has sued a ...