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The Intercept on 2018-03-16 15:29

Hackers Are So Fed Up With Twitter Bots They’re Hunting Them Down Themselves

As Twitter ramps up its efforts against fake accounts, researchers are devising algorithms to distinguish humans from bots in their spare time.

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