Could Social Bots Pose a Threat to Public Health?

Affiliations

¹ Jon-Patrick Allem is with the Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Emilio Ferrara is with the Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, Marina del Rey.

Jon-Patrick Allem et al. Am J Public Health. 2018 Aug.

. 2018 Aug;108(8):1005-1006.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304512.

¹ Jon-Patrick Allem is with the Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Emilio Ferrara is with the Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, Marina del Rey.

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