Computer programmer, internet artist, and bot-maker Darius Kazemi speaks with Lawfare’s Quinta Jurecic and Evelyn Douek about bots—defining them, dismantling the characterization of bots as shorthand for fake news, and discussing why much of the research and reporting on bots incites unnecessary concern.
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Podcast: Darius Kazemi on the great bot panic
July 7, 2020