What legal measures are there to prevent me from using software robots to manipulate online polls and ensure the accuracy of the results?
What legal measures are there to prevent me from using software robots to manipulate online polls and ensure the accuracy of the results?
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Under U.S. law, using software robots to manipulate online polls is illegal and punishable by fines and/or imprisonment. There are a number of legal measures designed to prevent the use of such techniques, including the Stored Communications Act, which prohibits intercepting or seeking access to information held on computing devices or networks; the Lanham Act, which prohibits fraudulent entry in public opinion polls; and the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), which restricts election-related expenditures from influencing voters. Additionally, services like SurveyMonkey also have policies against using bots to skew results in their surveys.
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What legal measures are there to prevent me from using software robots to manipulate online polls and ensure the accuracy of the results?
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Federal laws and other measures have been put in place to prevent software robots from being used to manipulate online polls. It is illegal for users to use automated processes or other unauthorized devices to access or interact with a computer system in order to skew poll results. Additionally, companies will often have systems in place that detect and ban malicious bots from participating in the polls. Finally, sites may employ security measures such as two-factor authentication that further ensure the accuracy of the poll's results.
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