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Twitter chief says the company suspends over half a million spam accounts each day as Elon Musk puts his acquisition deal on hold
Parag Agrawal began his tweets by saying that Twitter is “strongly incentivized to detect and re…
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Elon Musk says Twitter deal cannot move forward until Parag Agrawal proves less than 5% spam account claim
Musk has shared a report that claims that the Tesla cofounder during a tech conference in Miami …
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More than 23% of Elon Musk's Twitter followers are spam or fake accounts, research groups say
The analysis was based on a system of 17 warning signals that point to an account being suspicious,…
Matthew Loh
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Donald Trump Jr says Twitter got 'busted' for having a huge number of spam accounts after Elon Musk walks away
Donald Trump Jr said the number of fake accounts is "probably 50%" and "not 5%" shortly after the T…
Jyoti Mann
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How a prolific spammer built a 750,000-strong Twitter army to promote his scam
The Mockingbirds and Parrots will inevitably be flagged up by Twitter's systems and deleted sooner …
Rob Price
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Elon Musk challenges Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to 'a public debate' on the company's bot data
Musk has accused Twitter of having more bots and fake accounts than it lets on and claims it's with…
Sarah Jackson
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Elon Musk says Twitter's team was 'too intense' with suspending false accounts and is 'moving to chill mode'
Musk said Twitter is "purging" fake accounts on Thursday, but one user complained that accounts pos…
Sawdah Bhaimiya
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Twitter's former security chief has accused the company of 'lying' to Elon Musk about spam accounts, according to an explosive whistleblower complaint sent to regulators
Peiter "Mudge" Zatko has filed a series of wide-ranging whistleblower complaints that were obtained…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Elon Musk trolls Twitter by posting emojis after it sues him for walking away from $44 billion takeover
Elon Musk appears to mock Twitter's claims of how many spam accounts are on the platform with emoji…
Jyoti Mann
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Auditing tool exposes Elon Musk's 'fake' Twitter following while he aims to crack down spam bots on the app
The auditing tool found that "accounts that are on an unusually small number of lists, accounts tha…
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We delete millions of spam accounts a day to control trolls, says Twitter
Twitter has rolled out various safety features that aims to safeguard its users against targeted at…
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Twitter is shutting down bot accounts posting pro-Saudi tweets about missing dissident Khashoggi
Bots are automated accounts that are used by spammers, hackers and other miscreants to launch coord…
Paige Leskin
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Elon Musk tweeted to say that his Twitter deal is 'temporarily on hold'
The Tesla CEO said the deal was on hold pending verification of a report that spam accounts make up…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Twitter Admits 5% Of Its 'Users' Are Fake
"The numbers of our active users and timeline views are calculated using internal company data that…
Jillian D'Onfro
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Twitter is overhauling its spam-fighting team after a whistleblower accused the company of lying to federal regulators and Elon Musk about bots
A Twitter spokesperson confirmed to Insider the company is merging its anti-spam department with on…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Twitter's Favorite Spam Account, Horse_ebooks, Is Big Fake
Wrong. Turns out, BuzzFeed employee Jacob Bakkila has been tweeting from the @Horse_ebooks account …
Jillian D'Onfro
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Elon Musk's obsession with tweeting just notoriously backfired and may damn him in court against Twitter
Twitter filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to force Elon Musk to complete the $44 billion deal to purchase …
Lloyd Lee
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Social network Gab says it briefly took itself offline to fix a bitcoin spam problem affecting 'fewer than 20' of its accounts
Social network Gab said it discovered fewer than 20 accounts had been hacked by bitcoin spammers an…
Kevin Shalvey
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Elon Musk's lawyers say Twitter is hiding the identities of key staff who calculate bot numbers, the main sticking point in the $44 billion deal, reports say
Musk's lawyers have asked a judge to force the social media company to unmask employees who calcula…
Beatrice Nolan
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Elon Musk accuses Twitter of rushing its lawsuit along at 'warp speed' after two months of 'foot-dragging' on providing bot data
Elon Musk asked the court to reject Twitter's request for a speedy trial as the company tries to fo…