Tag: Venezuela
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Political Bots and the Manipulation of Public Opinion in Venezuela
28 August 2015
Author:Social and political bots have a small but strategic role in Venezuelan political conversations. These automated scripts generate content through social media platforms and then interact with people. In ...
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Venezuela Ruling Party Leverages Twitter bots as Censorship Pushes Political Debate Online
5 August 2015
Author:Sam Woolley
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s approval ratings may be languishing below 30 percent, but on Twitter he’s as popular as Pope Francis — or so it ...
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