“Santiago Oría, who recently joined Argentina's government as the director of Audiovisual Production at the Office of the President, found himself at the center of a storm after a slip-up revealed the use of ‘bots’ that amplified pro-government messages, primarily on the social network X. Dozens of profiles responded to posts with messages that were favorable to the government and critical of Kirchnerism, but left technical labels such as ‘Reply1:’, ‘Reply3:’ or ‘Reply7:’ visible.
Oría, through his personal account, responded to a post by commentator Alejandro Rozitchner, and his message reached a far larger audience than the original post, accompanied by numerous responses that revealed patterns of automation.
[...] The official’s message surpassed 300,000 views, but the volume and characteristics of the responses it received quickly drew attention and exposed the involvement of automated accounts.”
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This story was translated with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Alejandro Martínez-Cabrera
