Climate activists have targeted 10 golf courses around Spain, plugging up holes to protest the amount of water used to maintain these courses as the country is gripped by a severe drought.
Bots can post advertisements, disinformation etc. More likely their message will spread if they keep exposing people to it. And yeah, bot accounts can also vote
One consideration is who controls the bot and decides what information it spreads.
A corporation or government agency could use bots to have significant influence over decentralized social media
For sure. But isn’t that what votes are for? As long as it’s not from obviously problematic sources I’m still not seeing a big issue here either.
Bots can post advertisements, disinformation etc. More likely their message will spread if they keep exposing people to it. And yeah, bot accounts can also vote