Fake Tesla to Lockheed Martini: Twitter Blue verification leads to flood of fake accounts

Fake Tesla to Lockheed Martini: Twitter Blue verification leads to flood of fake accounts

“Usage of Twitter continues to rise. One thing is for sure: it isn’t boring! Hit all-time high of active users today,” tweeted Elon Musk last night and one can surely agree with the ‘not boring’ statement. The platform is currently facing a flood of fake accounts thanks to Musk’s new ‘Twitter Blue verification’ program that […]

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Whistleblower complaint: House panel summons Twitter executives

Whistleblower complaint: House panel summons Twitter executives

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, has summoned executives of social media platform Twitter for a hearing, a day after a former executive of the platform alleged that the Indian government had “forced” Twitter to hire individuals who were “government agents” and had unsupervised access to vast amounts […]

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Twitter’s bot problem: Musk’s latest comments to Parag Agrawal’s defence, everything to note

Twitter’s bot problem: Musk’s latest comments to Parag Agrawal’s defence, everything to note

Just what percentage of users on Twitter are ‘fake’ or ‘bots’? That’s the multi-billion dollar question right now, with Elon Musk hinting at a lower price for the deal, given he’s not convinced about the company’s user base. In fact, he has said that “fake users make up 20 per cent of all Twitter accounts.” […]

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