Algorithms, bots and elections in Africa: how social media influences political choices: Social media provides spaces for participation — but also for misinformation. Photo by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The rise in the use of smartphones and an increased adoption of mobile internet in Africa are fundamentally altering the media ecology for election …
Protect your PHP website from bots with this open source tool: PHP is a widely-used programming language on the web, and it’s estimated that nearly 80% of all websites use it. My team at CrowdSec decided that we needed to provide server admins with a PHP bouncer to help ward away bots and bad actors …
Can the law stop internet bots from undressing you?: Trial/Shutterstock.com Imagine that you upload a photograph of yourself on holiday to your favourite social media platform. You are dressed in a swimsuit and you are smiling at the camera. Now imagine later coming across this image while scrolling through your newsfeed. You recognise your face …
7 open source Twitter bots to follow: We are quickly entering a world in which you may spend more of your day communicating with robots than with humans. Don’t believe me? Ask yourself how many times you’ve used an automated checkout machine or ATM in lieu of a human, called the 1-800 number for a …