Tag: Bots

Printscreen from the online campaign for positive promotion of the party bots in Serbia | Source: Instagram profile of Aleksandar Vučić   Someone is a proud political party bot, while another is praising the party leader and attacking his opponents, under the threat of losing his/her job. Yet, one thing is certain - the number of people recruited by political parties...

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) from the United States released a new working paper titled “Demand for Deceit: How the Way We Think Drives Disinformation,” authored by Samuel Woolley and Katie Joseff. The paper focuses on the demand for disinformation and raises the question of why there are such news consumers who are constantly seeking and trusting disinformation sources while rejecting other information sources. What...

Daniela Rangelova, member of Parliament of Republic of North Macedonia from the right-wing populist party VMRO-DPMNE, confirmed the existence of the party’s troll army during a TV debate conducted by the “360 degrees” show on 8 November 2019 in Skopje. When asked about her communication with the current party leadership and their disagreement with some of her positions and...