"Researchers Develop app to Detect Twitter Bots in any Language"

Language scholars and machine learning specialists collaborated to create a new application that can detect Twitter bots independent of the language used.  Bots are non-personal and automated accounts that post content to online social networks. The popularity of Twitter as an instrument in public debate has led to a situation in which it has become an ideal target of spammers and automated scripts. Bots are being used to spread fake news.

HELP NET SECURITY reports: "Researchers Develop app to Detect Twitter Bots in any Language"