Facebook briefly blocks Netanyahu chatbot on election day

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Facebook briefly blocks Netanyahu chatbot on election day

Likud lashes out alleged over violations of election day rules.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at Facebook on Tuesday after the social network blocked a "chatbot" from his right-wing Likud party's account for violating election day rules. The function, a type of automated software that simulates a conversation with a user, was running ...

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