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    Archives: July 28, 2017

    Shan WangJuly 28, 2017
    On the heels of its own success, Spain’s Politibot is opening up a chatbot builder for other outlets
    “Problems news organizations will run into, we’ve run into before, we can help them with that, and we can hopefully help them get the same retention and engagement we did.”
    Shan WangJuly 28, 2017
    Politibot de España ayuda a otros medios a construir sus propios chatbots
    “Los problemas con que se encontrarán ya los hemos tenido antes y podemos ayudarles con eso, esperando que consigan la misma retención y compromiso que nosotros”.
    Laura Hazard OwenJuly 28, 2017
    “Stories may have political impact less by persuading than by reminding people which side they are on”
    Plus: “Humans can be successfully manipulated through social bots,” what Russia Today’s fact checking project actually does, and a more sociological take on the spread of fake news.
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