According to Business Insider reports there's a big surge in bot activity on Twitter, when it comes to the topic of reopening America after the COVID-19 lockdown. <br />Carnegie Mellon researchers analyzed over 200 million tweets discussing COVID-19, and found that about half of them are likely bots. <br />Researchers say that bots fueled tweets usually come from accounts that tweet more frequently than humanly possible.<br />Bots also are linked to accounts where the location quickly switches between different countries. <br />Research lead Kathleen Carley said "When we see a whole bunch of tweets at the same time or back to back, it's likely they're timed..."<br />Business Insider says that it is not clear who is responsible for the uptick in bot activity, or where they are located.
