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Report: 5,000 Twitter bots pushed Russiagate hoax after Mueller report
Andrew Wyrich Daily Dot
2019-04-23 11:15 am | Last updated 2019-04-23 12:46 pm
https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/twitter-bots-mueller-report/
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More than 5,000 Twitter bots criticized what they called the Russiagate hoax following the release of the highly-anticipated report from Special Counsel Robert Mueller last week, according to a new report.
NBC News reports that a network of bots that had at one time pushed pro-Saudi Arabia messages sent out the messages following the release of Muellers investigations findings.
The bots were taken down on Sunday by Twitter, according to NBC News.
Most of the bots had a low number of posts and blasted the Russiagate hoax against President Donald Trump. Some of the accounts were rebranded and others were made seemingly just to boost the engagement of related tweets. One account, according to NBC News, was made to look like a news company.
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Oh god. Now the Saudis are copying Russia.