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Russian bots have been accused of influencing elections in both the United States and the European referendum in recent months.

A bot is a programme or network operating online that interacts with systems or users, in a way that makes the it appear genuine.

In the context of Twitter, it is an automated account, that is programmed to masquerade as a real person on the blogging site. It can even be programmed to propagate a particular message.

See if you're a Russian bot using this state of art quiz, recommended by all security services by indy100.

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