Socialbots whitewashing contested elections; a case study from Honduras
arXiv:1801.05564 · doi:10.1007/978-981-13-1165-9_50
Abstract
We analyze socialbots active tweeting in relation to Juan Orlando Hernández, the recently re-elected president of Honduras. We find a clear bimodal separation between humans and bots, using Botometer and its classifiers. Around one hundred separate communities of socialbots are identified and visualized, detected through the analysis of temporally coordinated retweets.