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X implements limited replies for verified users to combat spam

In yet another bid to sanitise X social media platform, Elon Musk on Sunday announced that users can now limit replies only to verified users to avoid spam and bots. When a user posted a new X tool that “limit replies to verified users” only to prevent spam in the comment section, the tech billionaire replied: “This will improve the …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

WhatsApp Aims To Restrict Spam Accounts Soon. Know All Details Here

ABP News

Meta-owned WhatsApp is with a new feature designed to prevent accounts from sending spam messages. The messaging app, the world's most popular, has experienced an increase in spam and bulk messaging from business and marketing numbers, causing annoyance for users and therefore, this feature aims to mitigate the spread of spam. According to WABetaInfo, the feature to limit spammy WhatsApp …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Musk’s X tests $1 fee for new users in the Philippines and New Zealand in bid to target spam

Associated Press

LONDON — Elon Musk’s social media platform X has begun charging a $1 fee to new users in the Philippines and New Zealand, in a test designed to cut down on the spam and fake accounts flourishing on the site formerly known as Twitter. “This new test was developed to bolster our already successful efforts to reduce spam, manipulation of …

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1 year, 2 months ago

X will charge new users in two countries $1 per year to interact with posts

The Hindu

X announced on Wednesday it was testing out an anti-bot programme in New Zealand and the Philippines, where new X users who do not pay for verification will have to pay $1 every year to make posts or interact with others. “This new test was developed to bolster our already successful efforts to reduce spam, manipulation of our platform, and …

1 year, 2 months ago

Elon Musk says X is fighting bots and spam, and the solution is: $1 subscriptions

LA Times

The social media platform formerly known as Twitter announced its “Not a Bot” program, saying $1 subscriptions were “the main solution” to bots. The social media platform formerly known as Twitter posted an announcement of the “Not a Bot” program Tuesday evening, saying it was being piloted in New Zealand and the Philippines. Twitter already offers paid subscriptions of $8 …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter to limit DMs for these accounts? Check details

Hindustan Times

Elon Musk’s Twitter will soon impose a limit on the number of direct messages that an unverified account can send on the platform. Earlier, Musk had also ‘temporarily’ limited the number of tweets that users can view each day to to address ‘extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation'. This helped reduce spam in Direct Messages by 70 per …

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1 year, 7 months ago

WhatsApp Accounts Registered Using Fraudulent Numbers Will Be Disabled: Ashwini Vaishnaw

ABP News

Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that Meta-owned WhatsApp has agreed to disable a WhatsApp account from its messaging platform if that number is found to be a fraudulent connection. “We have actively engaged with WhatsApp and they have agreed that yes, customer safety is most important, and they are absolutely on board to deregister the …

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1 year, 7 months ago

WhatsApp Calls From International Numbers, Fake Job Offers. What's Going On?

The Quint

How is this happening? Karan Saini, Security Technologist at the Centre for Internet Society, India, spoke to The Quint about the possible modus operandi that these scammers are using, and how they get access to so many numbers on a pan-India basis. While Saini said that the calls being received appear to be similar to any other "cold-calls" that users …

2 years ago

Seeing Your Twitter Follower Drop? You’re Not Alone: Here’s Why

News 18

Spams have been at the top of discussion for Elon Musk, even before he finalised the deal to buy Twitter this year. His tweet here claims Twitter is purging a lot of spam accounts, which means users might see their follower count drop. Twitter is purging a lot of spam/scam accounts right now, so you may see your follower count …

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2 years ago

Great Wall of Porn: How China is using sex bots to quell the COVID protests on social media

Firstpost

A search for the names of the Chinese cities where mass, unprecedented protests are taking place over the strict zero-COVID policy saw users being flooded with lewd posts. In his long thread of messages, he added, “Sadly if a Chinese person decides to come to Twitter to find out what happened in China last night, these nsfw posts shared by …

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2 years ago

Twitter’s anti-propaganda team grapples with Chinese spam accounts on lockdown protests

The Hindu

China is witnessing anti-lockdown protests as the country’s zero-COVID policy is making its citizens speak out against the draconian measures. As protests spread across cities, China’s state-backed accounts are reportedly spamming hashtags on Twitter, according to a report by Washington Post. https://t.co/OdwqL8qne5 — Joseph Menn November 28, 2022 “Outgunned Twitter staff” are trying to fight back the stream of spam …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Elon Musk mocks trolls, tweets ’Wasn’t Twitter supposed to die by now...’

Live Mint

Tuesday saw Elon Musk, the controversial Twitter chief, poke fun at the trolls who had predicted Twitter's demise shortly after his controversial takeover. Musk recently came under fire on social media for mass layoffs and his decision to charge users of the Twitter platform $8 to have their accounts verified. Musk defended his decision to fire staff members by claiming …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Musk now gets chance to defeat Twitter’s many fake accounts

Associated Press

Twitter’s unending fight against spam accounts is now a problem for new owner Elon Musk, who pledged in April to defeat the bot scourge or “die trying!” He later cited bots as a reason to back out of buying the social platform. “The bigger picture in my mind is: How do we make Twitter a better place for everybody,” said …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Elon Musk plans to cut 75% of Twitter workforce if he becomes owner, say reports

Firstpost

While job cuts have been expected regardless of the sale, the magnitude of Musk’s planned cuts are far more extreme than anything Twitter had planned San Francisco: Elon Musk plans to lay off most of Twitter’s workforce if and when he becomes owner of the social media company, according to a report Thursday by The Washington Post. Musk has told …

Musk Cut Twitter

2 years, 2 months ago

Report: Elon Musk plans to cut 75% of Twitter workforce

Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk plans to lay off most of Twitter’s workforce if and when he becomes owner of the social media company, according to a report Thursday by The Washington Post. Musk has told prospective investors in his Twitter purchase that he plans to cut nearly 75% of Twitter’s employee base of 7,500 workers, leaving the company with …

Musk Cut Twitter

2 years, 2 months ago

Google rolls out Gmail redesign on iOS settings

India TV News

Tech giant Google has rolled out a Gmail redesign to make iOS settings simpler. The programme allowed candidates, political party committees and leadership political action committees to apply for spam folder exemptions. "Google had come under fire that its algorithms unfairly target conservative content across its services and that its Gmail service filters more Republican fundraising and campaign emails to …

Google Gmail Redesign

2 years, 2 months ago

TikTok deletes over 15 million videos from Pakistan, says report

Hindustan Times

TikTok has deleted more than 15 million videos from Pakistan for violating community guidelines. TikTok also removed accounts determined to be spam along with the videos posted by such accounts. This led to decreases in spam accounts blocked at sign-up and increases in fake accounts removed,” the Chinese video-sharing app said in the report on September 28. More than 113 …

Pakistan Report Tiktok Accounts Removed Million Videos

2 years, 2 months ago

Why did Elon Musk change his mind on Twitter deal: Explained

Hindustan Times

There's never a dull moment with Elon Musk, after all. As the billionaire agreed to proceed with his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter in a stunning move, the shares of the social media platform soared while stoking alarm among media watchdogs on the kind of free speech that would flourish on Twitter under Elon Musk. Elon Musk Twitter Deal: …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Elon Musk agrees to buy Twitter at the price he quoted earlier, says will build X, the everything App

Op India

On October 4, Elon Musk took another u-turn and proposed to proceed with the original bid of $44 billion to buy Twitter Inc. Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app — Elon Musk October 4, 2022 BBC noted that a spokesperson for Twitter confirmed that the company received the proposal with the intention to close the …

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2 years, 3 months ago

India accounts for over 25% of videos removed by YouTube in June quarter

Live Mint

India accounted for the highest number of videos removed by YouTube for violating community guidelines in the quarter ending June, shows YouTube’s Community Guidelines Enforcement report for Q2 2022, released September 8. YouTube removed 1.3 million videos in India during the quarter, followed by 445,148 in the US, 427,748 in Indonesia, 222,826 in Brazil, and 192,382 in Russia. In total, …

Youtube Videos Removed Quarter India

2 years, 3 months ago

Elon Musk subpoenas Twitter whistleblower Zatko, seeking info on spam, security

The Hindu

Elon Musk has subpoenaed a Twitter Inc. whistleblower, seeking documents and communications on the company's spam and alleged security vulnerabilities as the billionaire battles to end his agreement to buy Twitter for $44 billion, according to a court filing on Monday. Mr. Musk sought information from whistleblower Peiter Zatko mostly about the way Twitter measures spam accounts. But Mr. Musk …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Elon Musk Gets Limited Twitter Data as Judge Rules Requests "Absurdly Broad"

News 18

WILMINGTON, Del:Elon Musk may get access to Twitter Inc data used in a 2021 audit of active users but other information the billionaire seeks in a bid to end his $44 billion deal to buy the company were rejected as "absurdly broad," a judge said on Thursday. Twitter must turn over data from the 9,000 accounts sampled in the fourth …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Judge orders Twitter to hand over to Elon Musk 9,000 accounts they used in 2021 audit

Daily Mail

A US judge told Twitter on Thursday to surrender more data to Elon Musk on fake accounts, a key issue the billionaire is using to try to cancel his buyout bid. June 6: Musk threatens to end his $44 billion agreement to buy Twitter, accusing the company of refusing to give him information about its spam bot accounts. July 8: …

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2 years, 4 months ago

SEC questions Twitter on how it counts fake accounts

Associated Press

DETROIT — U.S. securities regulators are questioning Twitter about the way it determines how many fake accounts are on its platform. It added that fewer than 5% of Twitter’s “monetizable” daily active users were fake accounts in the fourth quarter of last year, the period that the SEC had questioned. The letter was disclosed in a filing posted by the …

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X implements limited replies for verified users to combat spam

WhatsApp Aims To Restrict Spam Accounts Soon. Know All Details Here

Musk’s X tests $1 fee for new users in the Philippines and New Zealand in bid to target spam

X will charge new users in two countries $1 per year to interact with posts

Elon Musk says X is fighting bots and spam, and the solution is: $1 subscriptions

Twitter to limit DMs for these accounts? Check details

WhatsApp Accounts Registered Using Fraudulent Numbers Will Be Disabled: Ashwini Vaishnaw

WhatsApp Calls From International Numbers, Fake Job Offers. What's Going On?

Seeing Your Twitter Follower Drop? You’re Not Alone: Here’s Why

Great Wall of Porn: How China is using sex bots to quell the COVID protests on social media

Twitter’s anti-propaganda team grapples with Chinese spam accounts on lockdown protests

Elon Musk mocks trolls, tweets ’Wasn’t Twitter supposed to die by now...’

Musk now gets chance to defeat Twitter’s many fake accounts

Elon Musk plans to cut 75% of Twitter workforce if he becomes owner, say reports

Report: Elon Musk plans to cut 75% of Twitter workforce

Google rolls out Gmail redesign on iOS settings

TikTok deletes over 15 million videos from Pakistan, says report

Why did Elon Musk change his mind on Twitter deal: Explained

Elon Musk agrees to buy Twitter at the price he quoted earlier, says will build X, the everything App

India accounts for over 25% of videos removed by YouTube in June quarter

Elon Musk subpoenas Twitter whistleblower Zatko, seeking info on spam, security

Elon Musk Gets Limited Twitter Data as Judge Rules Requests "Absurdly Broad"

Judge orders Twitter to hand over to Elon Musk 9,000 accounts they used in 2021 audit

SEC questions Twitter on how it counts fake accounts