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Online Social Networks have been adopted by political groups in order to improve the reachability of protest movements. As such, these networks give us a rich data source for estimating the impact and participation on these events. In some situations, though, the organizers employ the use of bots to inflate the real impact of the event. These bots promote ideas while being disconnected from the political...