Not all who are bots are evil: A cross-platform analysis of automated agent governance

Mykola Makhortykh, Aleksandra Urman, Felix Victor Münch, Amélie Heldt, Stephan Dreyer, Matthias C. Kettemann

Abstract: The growth of online platforms is accompanied by the increasing use of automated agents. Despite being discussed primarily in the context of opinion manipulation, agents play diverse roles within p...