Tracking bots in the lead-up to the U.S. midterms

Barton, Rosemary (host). D'Souza, Steven (journalist). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Added Author). Host: Barton, Rosemary ; Journalist: D'Souza, Steven. (Cast).

Summary: Various sites, apps and dashboards have been created to track everything from fake accounts to hashtag hijacking in the lead-up to the U.S. midterms. In this dispatch from Wilkes-Barre, Penn., Steven D'Souza looks at the role social media and fake news will play in this November’s elections, and meets the people being tasked with tackling the problem.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (06 min 04 sec)
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Publisher: Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2018

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General Note:	From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to Curio.ca subscribers
Participant or Performer Note:	Host: Barton, Rosemary ; Journalist: D'Souza, Steven.
System Details Note:	Available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://curio.ca/en/video/tracking-bots-in-the-lead-up-to-the-us-midterms-19645/
Language Note:	In English.
Source of Description Note:	Source of description from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation