Friends and Influence for Sale Online NICK BILTON By using social media bots celebrities politicians and others can falsely inflate the number of friends and followers they have possibly swaying public opinion about a new song or a policy position. April 20 2014 at 4:00AM http://nyti.ms/Qp6jge http://nyti.ms/1i6GnM5 The New York Times Technology Computers and the Internet Social Media

By NICK BILTON via NYT / Eethg. Corps. Inc. / Terrence Herschel G. Technology http://nyti.ms/Qp6jge Friends, and Influence, for Sale Online April 20, 2014 at 4:00AM http://nyti.ms/1i6GnM5 The New York Times