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Episode 20: Social Media - Facebook: Stop Hate for Profit - Twitter Bots

July 14, 2020 • Brittney Gallagher, Ric Allen, Jessica González, Roy Natian • Season 1 • Episode 20

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(1:26) Ric interviews Jessica González co-CEO of freepress.net about Stop Hate For Profit's meeting with Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg last week.

(15:18) From Facebook to Twitter, in the second part of the show, Roy Natian is here to talk about bots. Back in May, Researchers at Carnegie Mellon estimated that half of the Twitter accounts tweeting about the coronavirus were likely bots and a lot of these accounts are posting/retweeting misinformation.

Social Media is ingrained in our lives. It takes a lot more of energy to debunk a lie, but it’s worth it. Look at your sources, if something seems off, research it. Be skeptical and verify.