Customer service chats are coming to Instagram DMs
Facebook is testing Messenger API support for Instagram messages.
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Instagram will make suspicious accounts verify their identities
Accounts that don't comply may be disabled.
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Discord wants to clean up and support its massive bot community
Developers have got six months to get verified.
Twitter's new rules require labels for 'high-quality' bots
Not all bots are bad, but they all need labels.
Online sneaker drop cancelled thanks to bots
The shady practice of using bots to cop sneakers is still causing problems.
How to buy sneakers for the hypebeast in your life
You can either do it yourself or find a reseller to help you out.
Congress is asking vape manufacturers if they used social media bots
Bots that spew vaping spam are a uniquely modern problem.
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Google tweaks Hangout Chat app to keep conversations organized
Two small design changes roll out today.
Porn bots are now storming Twitter's trending topics
“...if this does not scare you, call me on whatsapp”
Social media bots are damaging our democracy
On the internet, nobody knows you're a natural language processing system.
Instagram’s 'huge booty' problem keeps getting worse
Spam accounts promoting porn are still invading people’s comments.
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This AI-powered subreddit has been simulating the real thing for years
Only neural network bots can post on r/SubredditSimulator.
Many of the Brexit Party's Twitter followers appear to be bots
An online political meddling campaign seems to have taken root.
Twitter bots pushed 'Russiagate hoax' following the Mueller report
Twitter still has a challenge fighting automated propaganda on its platform.
