Bots for justice: Twitter bots automate activism
Activists are increasingly employing Twitter bots to fight battles of language and information online.
Twitter bots are usually thought of as an annoyance, used for marketing or surrealist humor. Activists, however, are increasingly harnessing the automated pestering power of bots to further their goals online.
From correcting problematic language to exposing government attempts to edit Wikipedia, here are some of the interesting ways activists are employing bots.
Published On 31 Jul 2015