Sure, but still less dangerous of bots undermining our democracies and trying to destroy our social frabic.

Reddit: Ban the Russian/Chinese/Israeli/American bots? Nope. Ban the Swiss researchers that are trying to study useful things? Yep

Totally disagree: fake accounts can have a huge impact in swaying online discourse and setting mindsets and trends. There is hard evidence that some state actors invest large amount of resources on this (Russia, China, Israel, USA). They threaten democracy and banning them should be a priority.