#Wexit: Bots boost Alberta separatist movement on Twitter, data shows

EDMONTON -- The Alberta separatist movement that has taken social media by storm after the Liberals won a minority government was partially generated by bots, data shows. Wexit, a term that combines Western Canada and exit, began trending on Twitter Monday night and has nearly 170,000 members on its Facebook page as of Tuesday afternoon. "It was huge, it was absolutely huge," said Wexit Founder Peter Downing of the social media bump.Related: #Wexit trends after Liberals win minority governmentOn