It started out as a bit of a joke. In June 2018, a user on a now-banned subreddit made a tongue-in-cheek suggestion about creating a bot—an automated account that could call out racists by going ...

Some of YouTube’s biggest creators have drawn attention to comment spam on the platform, and now the platform will notify users when a comment is removed and apply a 24-hour ban for ‘multiple abusive ...

Before posting comments on the government’s online e-rulemaking systems, the public could soon be prompted to answer a new question: “Are you a robot?” Agency officials told lawmakers they are ...

Some supporters of a U.S. Federal Communications Commission plan to repeal its recent net neutrality rules have apparently resorted to dirty tricks. An apparent bot-generated campaign has posted more ...