Bots, #StrongerIn, and #Brexit: Computational Propaganda during the UK-EU Referendum

Understand

Bots are social media accounts that automate interaction with other users, and they are active on the StrongerIn-Brexit conversation happening over Twitter.

• These automated scripts generate content through these platforms and then interact with people.
• Political bots are automated accounts that are particularly active on public policy issues, elections, and political crises.
• In this preliminary study on the use of political bots during the UK referendum on EU membership, we analyze the tweeting patterns for both human users and bots.