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  • 8/19/2016

Professor Simon Hegelich speaks about social bots on Deutsche Welle TV

Computer programs may influence public opinion

Social bots are computer programs that pretend to be real people. This software robots are much more than interesting projects for programmers: they are able to manipulate trends in social networks. In a video report by Deutsche Welle Professor Simon Hegelich from the Bavarian School of Public Policy at TUM talks about these pieces of software.

Businesswoman drawning social network interface.
So-called social bots may be able to influence public opinion. (Picture: sdecoret / fotolia)

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