# Researchers: Nearly Half Of Accounts Tweeting About Coronavirus Are Likely Bots : Coronavirus Live Updates : NPR

<https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/20/859814085/researchers-nearly-half-of-accounts-tweeting-about-coronavirus-are-likely-bots>

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## What Jamie wrote

Simple reality is that unless you know the person and their account, you probably have no idea if Tweets you are reading are from humans or robots. This should explain why Twitter is not a place to look for news.

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