Are bots amplifying political division?

Nov 3, 2026

On the eve of the 2026 midterms, WSB-TV Channel 2 Action News in Atlanta reports on Cyabra’s analysis of Georgia’s governor’s race, which found coordinated inauthentic accounts targeting both campaigns. Cyabra CMO David Low appears in the report.

In this news report, WSB-TV covers how:

Cyabra found coordinated inauthentic accounts targeting both the Keisha Lance Bottoms and Rick Jackson campaigns
Hundreds of accounts posted within seconds of each other
As many as one in four replies on X during periods like debate week came from accounts Cyabra classified as inauthentic
These accounts find inflammatory real conversations and amplify them, adding to the toxicity online
AI has made bots harder to spot and cheaper to deploy