No more buying likes from bots? NY AG declares fake social media engagement illegal

Will this be the end of people paying for bots to upvote social media content on steemit?

"New York’s attorney general has declared it’s illegal to sell fake social media engagement in order to inflate one’s online influence, ruling against one “fake like” merchant in a landmark decision in the battle against bots."

https://www.rt.com/usa/450382-fake-social-media-engagement-illegal/