Scammers use professional profile pictures to get you to swipe right. These photos are "usually stolen either from other users or random models,” explains Ruby Gonzalez, head of communications at ...

Twitter bots are automated user accounts that interact with Twitter using an application programming interface (API). These bots can be programmed to perform tasks normally associated with human ...

Misinformation and disinformation have scaled in the Information Age. MIT researchers analyzed 126,000 stories between 2006 and 2016 and found that false stories spread six times faster than true ...

Social media bots are fake accounts that use automated or semi-automated programming to infiltrate platforms and shape how humans behave online. Groups or individuals create social media bots for a ...

Advancements in artificial intelligence could help bad actors influence political discourse ahead of the midterm elections, a former North Carolina cybersecurity official warns. Improvements in AI ...