Bot campaign furor a ‘wake-up call’ greater insight, regulation needed, says expert

'This is a phenomenon that is happening across all social media platforms, but we don't have really good insight into how widespread it is,' says Concordia's Fenwick McKelvey.

While Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre hasn't had trouble drawing large crowds to his rallies across the country this summer, the Liberals and New Democrats are calling on Elon Musk and Canada's Elections Commissioner to investigate hundreds of suspicious social media posts boosting his recent stop in Kirkland Lake, Ont. Photograph courtesy of X

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BY STUART BENSON

August 14, 2024

The "rudimentary" bot campaign that boosted a recent Conservative campaign rally should serve as a “wake-up call” for Canadians of the realities of today's increasingly unreliable and “zombified” internet, and the need for far greater regulation when it comes to what...

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