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With new reports about bots interfering in social media every day, tools are popping up for verifying an account’s identity, but which ones to trust?

Our list picks 3 of the most trusted tools to help you guard against bots *and* against false positives: https://t.co/8ERGhDE19t

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surprising nobody it looks like Twitter bots are at work in the Tory leadership race: https://t.co/4sHortWLUl

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Austria plans to force large social & traditional media to verify their users’ identity as a bar to hate speech… wonder how many will turn out to be bots? 🤔

https://t.co/Gq4E63M763

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Worth reading from Bloomberg:

https://t.co/bT1a629CXv

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https://t.co/Zxcb5j5V4O anyone else getting deja vu?

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Europe is bracing for a Russian propaganda onslaught in the run-up to May’s parliamentary elections. The European Commission predicts the Kremlin’s disinformation operations will be “systematic, well-resourced and on a different scale to other countries.” https://t.co/wQAmpO0aTF

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Interesting research from @freedomhouse this: https://t.co/btGbOsruHA

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Cyber security firm FireEye says Russian hackers have targeted European government systems ahead of EU parliament elections

https://t.co/5nhPO0eGfY

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“Obscure no-deal Brexit group is UK's biggest political spender on Facebook” https://t.co/gEUWtb4mfZ

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“Brexit: Foreign far-right Twitter users 'manipulated debate'

the words horse and stable door spring to mind

https://t.co/NLOscKG2li

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Interesting read...

https://t.co/gEUWtblX7x

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One for our friends in the EU27 as EP elections approach:

https://t.co/CgXJfVxVUX

check if your favourite EP candidate has signed the pledge against using tech to undermine democracy

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“That account can’t be a bot, look there’s a profile photo”

um…

https://t.co/EebOxHVr0x

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Need a primer on spotting #FakeNews? the European Parliamentary Research Service has your back:

https://t.co/8EoO6wTsrI

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In case you missed it, @Gizmodo
have this excellent piece on the depth and breadth of ad-targeting now happening on Facebook #TheMoreYouKnow

https://t.co/NKbCulCfpU

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Wondering if you’ve got bots in your timeline? We have a simple 3-step check at https:https://t.co/8ERGhDE19t

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This from @POLITICOEurope - EU hopes to hold off election hackers with cyber-sanctions https://t.co/1jEA9XlVlq

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Interesting piece in @euobs looking at scope for mischief in upcoming EU elections

https://t.co/7RcWcYlZCi

"Their mission is rather clear: to post as much as possible, to manipulate public opinion and leave no traces to identify their actual operators."

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3 simple steps to spot if there’s a bot in your timeline at https:https://t.co/8ERGhDE19t

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Bots aren’t just here on Twitter, and they aren’t always malevolent, the trick is in *knowing* when you’re interacting one.

As well as our Twitter checking tools @guardian
has this handy primer on spotting bots in the wider world in case you missed it:

https://t.co/QR3M1PhNv1

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via @EURACTIV https://t.co/6yS7XUjgq6

EU citizens are “well aware of the dark forces that would like to manipulate what they read, think and ultimately vote for.”

we agree - and aim to help with our guide to bot-sniffing tools at https://t.co/jnM2wLe3eN