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Facebook’s AI Spam Isn’t the ‘Dead Internet’: It’s the Zombie Internet

Over the last few months, many have proposed that the AI spam taking over Facebook is a great example of the “Dead Internet Theory,” which posits that large portions of the internet are made up of bots talking to bots, filtered through the lens of recommendation and engagement algorithms.

https://www.404media.co/facebooks-ai-spam-isnt-the-dead-internet-its-the-zombie-internet/