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Trending: Twitter Bots Target UK By-Election

Twitter Bots Target UK By-Election

25/02/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Trending, Twitter Bots Target UK By-Election

Why did a mysterious group of pro-Russia Twitter accounts target a UK election?

Why did a mysterious group of pro-Russia Twitter accounts target a UK election? Mike Wendling investigates. And a black Bollywood fan on why she thinks the industry is racist.

Why did a strange network of Twitter accounts, usually the source of pro-Russian messages, pump out tweets about a very specific British election? BBC Trending’s Mike Wendling investigates.

And Fabienne Menoud, a black 26 year old Bollywood fan from Switzerland, has posted an open letter online accusing the Indian film industry and its fans of being racist. We examine her claims.

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