News and Research articles on Synthetic majorities

Volume 15, Issue 3

Avatarobots and the crisis of democracy: From bot armies to metaverse swarms

Constantin Vică, University of Bucharest
Radu Uszkai, University of Bucharest
Alexandru Dancu, University of Bucharest; National University of Physical Education and Sport, Bucharest
Cristina Voinea, University of Oxford
PUBLISHED ON: 24 Sep 2026 DOI: 10.14763/2026.3.2118

Avatarobots, synthetic majorities and the struggle for democratic agency in the metaverse.

KEYWORDS: Avatars, Metaverse, Synthetic majorities, Elections, Platform governance

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News and Research articles on Synthetic majorities

Avatarobots and the crisis of democracy: From bot armies to metaverse swarms

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