Read about celebrities, influencers, and pastors purchasing fake followers, as well as every-day users having their social identities stolen in The Follower Factory from The New York Times.
PR Newswire shares a report from Icognia about the impact of fraudulent accounts on the gig economy - Fake Accounts, Real Threat.
Freelance journalist Emma Woollacott warns about the growing influence of automated accounts in Yes, The Bots Really Are Taking Over The Internet published by Forbes.
Read NPR journalist Shannon Bond's report on a bot farm organized by an editor from Russia's state-owned media outlet that used AI to impersonate Americans.