Robot Infestation

A situation from a scifi movie is coming true. Facebook and many other social media platforms are infested with “bots” and troll farms. A troll farm, according to lawyers on contractscouncil.com , is an “organized and institutionalized group that actively interferes with political discourse and decisionmaking processes. A troll farm contains an army of cyber users who gaslight, twist and fabricate the facts on the internet. Today, troll farms can alter the entire political landscape and shield politicians or organizations from legislative ac tion.” Those “cyber users” can and often are “bots,” short for robots. According to cloudfare.com a bot is a software program that operates on the Internet and performs repetitive tasks. The astonishing frequency with which bots and troll farms are being reported is prompting concerns that have never before existed.