Krebs has an article with evidence on this phenomena as well: https://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/twitter-bots/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/twitter-bots/ Edit:

Krebs has an article with evidence on this phenomena as well: https://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/twitter-bots/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/twitter-bots/ Edit: Specifically https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/08/twitter-bots-use-likes-rts-for-intimidation/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/08/twitter-bots-use-likes-r...