No Evidence Tories Were Behind Bot Campaign That Posted About Poilievre, Study Finds

No Evidence Tories Were Behind Bot Campaign That Posted About Poilievre, Study Finds
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rises during Question Period, in Ottawa, June 19, 2024. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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There is no evidence that indicates the federal Conservatives were behind a bot network on social media that praised a Pierre Poilievre rally, a new study has found.

The Canadian Digital Media Research Network launched an investigation after hundreds of X accounts posted about the Conservative leader’s July rally in Kirkland Lake, Ont., all using the same language with phrases like “buzzing with energy” and “as a northern Ontarian.”