In the wake of Britney Spears’ hit memoir, are social media bots changing the conversation? Bridget does a deep dive into how social media bots are changing the landscape of social media discourse. From celebrity disputes to television reviews and political discourse, the threat of bots and inauthentic accounts are shaping how we think and how we talk to each other, whether they’re real or not. 

Massive Twitter Bot Farm Is Heaping Praise on Trump and Trashing DeSantis” https://gizmodo.com/twitter-bots-trump-desantis-maga-facebook-1850199161

Is There a Bot Behind That Tweet? https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/is-there-a-bot-behind-that-tweet

Bots on X worse than ever according to analysis of 1m tweets during first Republican primary debate:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/09/x-twitter-bots-republican-primary-debate-tweets-increase

Even a few bots can shift public opinion in big ways: https://theconversation.com/even-a-few-bots-can-shift-public-opinion-in-big-ways-104377

In the wake of Britney Spears’ hit memoir, are social media bots changing the conversation? Bridget does a deep dive into how social media bots are changing the landscape of social media discourse. From celebrity disputes to television reviews and political discourse, the threat of bots and inauthentic accounts are shaping how we think and how we talk to each other, whether they’re real or not. 
Massive Twitter Bot Farm Is Heaping Praise on Trump and Trashing DeSantis” <a href="https://gizmodo.com/twitter-bots-trump-desantis-maga-facebook-1850199161">https://gizmodo.com/twitter-bots-trump-desantis-maga-facebook-1850199161</a>
Is There a Bot Behind That Tweet? <a href="https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/is-there-a-bot-behind-that-tweet">https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/is-there-a-bot-behind-that-tweet</a>
Bots on X worse than ever according to analysis of 1m tweets during first Republican primary debate:
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/09/x-twitter-bots-republican-primary-debate-tweets-increase">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/09/x-twitter-bots-republican-primary-debate-tweets-increase</a>
Even a few bots can shift public opinion in big ways: https://theconversation.com/even-a-few-bots-can-shift-public-opinion-in-big-ways-104377

Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning. We need monuments to all of the identities that make being online what it is. So let’s build them.

There Are No Girls on the Internet

Britney Spears released a hit memoir. Are bots shaping the conversation?

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/3d5fb5c5-70a5-47c6-8ca2-b0b40033f645/transcript

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