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Viewpoints (82) Ethics, Privacy, and Legal Issues (802) Electronic/Mobile Data Capture, Internet-based Survey & Research Methodology (1736) Theoretical Frameworks and Concepts (538) Big Data (433) Security and Privacy of mHealth and uHealth (215) Recruitment of Research Participants (467) Bots and AI Approaches to Detect and Counter Misinformation (28)

Published on in Vol 14 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/60548, first published .
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Effective Recruitment or Bot Attack? The Challenge of Internet-Based Research Surveys and Recommendations to Reduce Risk and Improve Robustness

Effective Recruitment or Bot Attack? The Challenge of Internet-Based Research Surveys and Recommendations to Reduce Risk and Improve Robustness

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Liesje Donkin1 Author Orcid Image ;   Nathan Henry2 Author Orcid Image ;   Amy Kercher1 Author Orcid Image ;   Mangor Pedersen1 Author Orcid Image ;   Holly Wilson3 Author Orcid Image ;   Amy Hai Yan Chan3 Author Orcid Image
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