#Wexit: Company says bots, aggregators boosted Alberta separatist movement on Twitter

EDMONTON -- The Alberta separatist movement that has taken social media by storm after the Liberals won a minority government was partially generated by bots and data aggregators, according to a public relations company. 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: #Wex