Social bots and online propaganda
Subject in Technology
Social bots and online propaganda has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Joe Rogan Experience. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Joe RoganAmerican comedian and host of The Joe Rogan Experience
Rogan argues that bot-driven posting should be illegal and only real people should post.
“I think it should be illegal I think you should have to be a person post for yourself”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2569 - Bill Thompson (Oct 21, 2026) · Listen from 2:33:41
Bill ThompsonRetired U.S. Army chief warrant officer; founder and CEO of hunting-technology company Spartan Forge
Thompson says from his own research that bot networks are a huge, well-funded market that manipulates the public.
“people just don't understand how they're being manipulated by these things. It's enormous. It's an enormous market, billions”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2569 - Bill Thompson (Oct 21, 2026) · Listen from 2:32:12
Podcasts
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 1 episode
Episodes
#2569 - Bill ThompsonThe Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 21, 2026 · 2 h 53 min
Joe Rogan and Spartan Forge founder Bill Thompson discuss bow hunting, performing under pressure, military survival training, Jungian dreams, mastery, online bots and AI's future.