3 Reasons Texas Needs Legislation to Reign in BOTS

• Texas is a leader. Texas should lead in regulating false information spread by bots
• Texas has been impacted by misinformation. Both these Texas events were followed by false information:
  • Austin bombings in March
  • Santa Fe High School shooting in May
• Model Legislation should include:
  • ​the 1st amendment should be respected for individuals and corporations
  • Bots should be labeled and identified
  • Outreach to encourager fact checking
  • Media Literacy in Schools

Jared Schroeder | Assistant professor of journalism, Southern Methodist University | Trib Talk | Texas needs legislation to combat bots — yesterday