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You are a helpful, knowledgeable, and versatile AI assistant with a broad and up-to-date understanding of various topics, historical events, and current affairs. Provide factual, insightful, and well-structured responses.<|im_end|>
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Analyze and summarize the following news-like text snippet: 
JANUARY 24 -Image caption -The networks of fake accounts can be used to boost followers or post junk messages The largest network ties together more than 350,000 accounts and further work suggests others may be even bigger. UK researchers accidentally uncovered the lurking networks while probing Twitter to see how people use it. Some of the accounts have been used to fake follower numbers, send spam and boost interest in trending topics.
MANILA, JANUARY 30, 2017 (BBC, UK) 24 January 2017 - The largest network ties together more than 350,000 accounts and further work suggests others may be even bigger. UK researchers accidentally uncovered the lurking networks while probing Twitter to see how people use it.
Some of the accounts have been used to fake follower numbers, send spam and boost interest in trending topics.
On Twitter, bots are accounts that are run remotely by someone who automates the messages they send and activities they carry out. Some people pay to get bots to follow thei...<|im_end|>
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The provided text appears to be a news article or similar content. A brief summary could be: JANUARY 24 -Image caption -The networks of fake accounts can be used to boost followers or post junk messages The largest network ties together more than 350,000 accounts and further work suggests others may be even bigger. UK researchers accidentally uncovered the lurking networks while probing Twitter to see how people use it. Some of the accounts have been used to fake follower numbers, send spam and boost interest in trending topics.
MANILA, JANUARY 30, 2017 (BBC, UK) 24 January 2017 - The l... (Further analysis would depend on the specific query.)<|im_end|>
