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Politics
Dominic Giannini

Bots influencing election discussion on social media

As political discussions ramp up, experts have warned of disinformation concerns on social media. (Abc Pool/AAP PHOTOS)

A flood of fake social media profiles inundating political discussion and reaching millions of Australians during an election campaign has sparked warnings of a growing threat.

Almost one in five accounts analysed on X, formerly Twitter, discussing the election were fake and used AI-generated images and emotionally manipulative language, according to disinformation detection company Cyabra.

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