{"id":93582,"date":"2018-04-09T11:54:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T16:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2018\/04\/09\/video-how-did-we-identify-twitter-bots\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:17:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:17:01","slug":"video-how-did-we-identify-twitter-bots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/data-labs\/2018\/04\/09\/video-how-did-we-identify-twitter-bots\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: How did we identify Twitter bots?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How did Pew Research Center identify Twitter bots?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hy2AYb1YFx8?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the context of ongoing debates over the role and nature of bots, Pew Research Center set out to better understand how many of the links being shared on Twitter are being promoted by bots rather than humans. <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2018\/04\/09\/bots-in-the-twittersphere\/\">Our analysis<\/a> found that an estimated two-thirds of tweeted links to popular websites are posted by automated accounts \u2013 not human beings.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Report:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2018\/04\/09\/bots-in-the-twittersphere\/\">Bots in the Twittersphere<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pew Research Center set out to better understand how many of the links being shared on Twitter are being promoted by bots rather than humans. 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