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Do Russian-Backed Bots Qualify for Free Speech?
Mr. Robot Goes to Washington
Hundreds of accounts created to sway an American campaign may not be people, but they were created by people. So, under the law, are bots speech?
Merritt Baer
Published
Oct. 29 2017
12:00AM EDT
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
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