21-04-2020 17:45 via theguardian.com

No evidence of bots impersonating NHS over coronavirus, says Twitter

Unverified claims suggest UK government are running fake accounts to steer coronavirus conversationCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTwitter has said there is no evidence of bot networks being used to manipulate the conversation around the coronavirus pandemic in the UK, contradicting widely-circulated claims that the government was using anonymous online accounts to boost its standing.Epidemics of infectious diseases behave in different ways but the 1918 inf
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