Suspected bots equally likely to link to legacy, digital-native news sites

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June 20, 2018

The news that bots share on Twitter tends not to focus on politics

Suspected bots equally likely to link to legacy, digital-native news sites

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Suspected bots equally likely to link to legacy, digital-native news sites

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The news that bots share on Twitter tends not to focus on politics
Suspected bot accounts share more links to popular political sites with an ideologically centrist or mixed audience
Sites with mainly politics-focused link content are less frequently shared by suspected bots

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