[ad_1] Former Twitter head of security Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko has nudged the US federal regulators that the company has put “extreme, egregious deficiencies” in its handling of user information and spam bots. This development comes a day after Elon Musk has dragged former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to court as part of the ongoing litigation […]
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[ad_1] Twitter Inc is combining teams that work on reducing toxic content and spam bots, according to a staff memo on Tuesday seen by Reuters, amid accusations from a former executive that the company failed to do either job well. The social media company will combine its health experience team, which works on reducing misinformation […]
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[ad_1] Twitter said it removes 1 million spam accounts each day in a call with executives Thursday during a briefing that aimed to shed more light on the company’s fake and bot accounts as it tussles with Elon Musk over “spam bots.” The Tesla CEO, who has offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion, has […]
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[ad_1] 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 […]
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[ad_1] Twitter Inc estimated in a filing on Monday that false or spam accounts represented fewer than 5% of its monetisable daily active users during the first quarter. The social media company had 229 million users who were served advertising in the first quarter. The disclosure came days after Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk, […]
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