Pro-Qatar World Cup social media posts pumped out by 'bot farm' in Bangladesh, analysis says

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Pro-Qatar World Cup social media posts pumped out by 'bot farm' in Bangladesh, analysis says
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Suspected fake social media accounts are pumping out pro-Qatar World Cup posts, in what experts believe could be a bot farm making a concerted attempt to “drown out” negative comments about the tournament 🔴 Exclusive mollyblackall and connie_dimsdale

posts, in what experts believe could be a bot farm making a concerted attempt to “drown out” negative comments about the tournament.

These accounts were found to be sharing positive posts about the World Cup tournament, with some expressingForty-two real accounts were detected in the same area, which the experts said was “indicative of a bot farm” in which real and fake accounts tend to interact and fuel one another. The firm determines inauthenticity by tracking “non-human behaviour” on social media, such as interactions with other accounts, posting times – for example, posting for 23 hours a day – creation date, and languages used.

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