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Armies of bots battled on Twitter over Chinese spy balloon incident (www.newscientist.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Armies of bots battled on Twitter over Chinese spy balloon incident::Large proportions of users posting on Twitter – now X – about the Chinese balloon that drifted over the US and Canada in 2023 were bots attempting to shape the debate

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There was never even the slightest chance that that balloon could pass through US airspace unobserved

That's because they forgot to paint it blue. It sticks out like a sore thumb.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Anytime I need to sneak around I paint myself blue.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

You blue yourself?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Tobias?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Well no. I take my jorts off for this part.