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Armies of bots battled on Twitter over Chinese spy balloon incident

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Armies of bots battled on Twitter over Chinese spy balloon incident

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Large proportions of users posting on Twitter – now X – about the Chinese balloon that drifted over the US and Canada in 2023 were bots attempting to shape the debate

Armies of bots battled on Twitter over Chinese spy balloon incident::Large proportions of users posting on Twitter – now X – about the Chinese balloon that drifted over the US and Canada in 2023 were bots attempting to shape the debate

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There was never even the slightest chance that that balloon could pass through US airspace unobserved

That’s because they forgot to paint it blue. It sticks out like a sore thumb.
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  Anytime I need to sneak around I paint myself blue.
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    You blue yourself?
  - brvslvrnst@lemmy.ml
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    Tobias?
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      Well no. I take my jorts off for this part.
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