Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/technology/social-media-impostor-accounts.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
February 21, 2018 at 02:22AM
Millions of “bots” posing as real users are promoting celebrities, spreading misinformation and sowing discord. And it’s far easier to build a bot than to kill one.
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