Cyborgs

From ADTAC Disinformation Inventory

ADT006 added March 11th 2021

Cyborgs are accounts that are partially automated and partially have a human generated actions.

Ex. This was seen in calls for violence against protesting farmers in India in 2021[1], as well as the Brazilian municipal elections of 2016 where parties encouraged their followers to let the party automate their accounts to amplify content.[2]

  1. ↑ https://medium.com/dfrlab/pro-govt-actors-amplify-hashtags-calling-for-violence-against-protesting-farmers-in-india-9bd681cf6605
  2. ↑ https://blogs.oii.ox.ac.uk/politicalbots/wp-content/uploads/sites/89/2017/06/Comprop-Brazil-1.pdf
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