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Trending: How to Spot a Bot

How to Spot a Bot

08/12/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Trending, How to Spot a Bot

Two students have built a programme to identify online bots. How does it work?

Two 20-year-old students have invented an online tool aimed at stopping the spread of political propaganda on Twitter.

How do you detect a Twitter bot? Ash Bhat and Rohan Padte are students in the United States. They’ve invented an online tool aimed at stopping the spread of political propaganda on Twitter. 

Also, how a goal celebration by the footballer Paul Pogba helped spread a massive online protest against slave auctions in Libya.

Presenter: Jonathan Griffin 
Producer: Will Yates
Reporters: Elizabeth Cassin and Ritu Prasad

Caption: How do you identify an online bot? Two students think they have an answer / Credit: BBC

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