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Is that social bot behaving unethically?

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A procedure for reflection and discourse on the behavior of bots in the context of law, deception, and societal norms.

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      cover image Communications of the ACM
      Communications of the ACM  Volume 60, Issue 9
      September 2017
      94 pages
      ISSN:0001-0782
      EISSN:1557-7317
      DOI:10.1145/3134526
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