Amplification bots used to raise the popularity and legitimacy of Twitter posts

Earlier this year we looked at Duo Security's research into Twitter bots which focused on fake followers. The company has now published some further research looking at amplification bots. So what is an amplification bot? They exist to boost content through likes and retweets. Duo has produced an algorithm to identify these bots and was able to find more than 7,000 over a 24 hour period. "These bots exist to spread content and disseminate it to more people, and to raise the credibility or the popularity of that content by spiking retweet numbers," Jordan Wright, principal R&D engineer at Duo says.… [Continue Reading]