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7 months, 2 weeks ago

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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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, 3 months ago

Will Elon Musk really put X behind a paywall?

Al Jazeera

The move is meant to help ‘combat vast armies of bots’, Musk said, but it’s unclear if it will work. Sunnyvale, California, US – Elon Musk, the owner of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has said that the company will start charging people “a small monthly payment” to use the service. “It’s the only way I …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Elon Musk Keeps Lying About One Very Specific Thing

Slate

Even before Elon Musk lit a match under a pile of money and agreed to buy Twitter for $54.20 per share last April, he was talking a lot about bots. Given that Musk has a challenging time looking away from the site he bought—that’s part of why he bought it!—he’s probably seen more spam on Twitter than just about anyone. …

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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

China deploys 'bot police' to curb dissent online following nationwide protests

India Today

Chinese netizens and cyberspace officials are intertwined in their surveillance dragnet to control the narrative around the widespread protests against the “zero Covid” policy by the government. While anti-government posts are being censored on popular Chinese social media platforms, even independent platforms outside China such as Twitter are being manipulated with paid After the deadly fire incident on Thursday, Chinese …

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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, 3 months ago

Disney wanted to buy Twitter but found ‘significant’ number of bots – to Elon Musk’s delight

The Independent

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2 years, 4 months ago

Whistleblower accuses Twitter of ‘willful ignorance' on fake accounts, spam bots

Hindustan Times

Twitter's former head of security alleged that the company misled regulators about its poor cybersecurity defenses and its negligence in attempting to root out fake accounts that spread disinformation, according to a whistleblower complaint filed with U.S. officials. Twitter has called the whistleblower's complaint “a false narrative” that is “riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lacks important context.” The revelation …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Musk suit gets a potential boost from Twitter whistleblower

LA Times

Elon Musk has claimed Twitter misled him about the prevalence of fake accounts on the platform. A whistleblower’s complaint alleging Twitter ignored a rash of spam and bot accounts could help Elon Musk in his effort to walk away from a $44-billion buyout of the social media platform, legal experts say. In the complaint, Zatko said Twitter’s “Integrity Team” was …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Twitter warns employees they would receive less annual bonus: Report

Hindustan Times

Microblogging platform Twitter has warned its employees they might get only half of their annual bonuses amid economic uncertainty plaguing the company. Twitter said the employees will only receive half of their typical annual bonuses Last month, Twitter reported a decline in its revenue for the first time since 2020. In the email to employees on Friday, Twitter's chief financial …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Elon Musk vs Twitter saga: With court battle in offing, a look at possible outcomes

Firstpost

While Twitter could have demanded the $1 billion breakup fee that Elon Musk agreed to pay if the deal fell through, the social media company has vowed to take the world’s richest man to court and force him to follow through on the agreement Elon Musk’s announcement that he wants out of his deal to purchase Twitter and the social …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Here’s why Elon Musk backed out of $44 billion deal to buy Twitter

Live Mint

Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and the world's richest person, said on Friday he was terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter. “We are committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon with Mr. Musk and plan to pursue legal action to enforce the merger agreement,” Twitter said in a statement. “We …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Musk abandons deal to buy Twitter; company says it will sue

Associated Press

Elon Musk announced Friday that he will abandon his tumultuous $44 billion offer to buy Twitter after the company failed to provide enough information about the number of fake accounts. In a letter to Twitter’s board, Musk lawyer Mike Ringler complained that his client had for nearly two months sought data to judge the prevalence of “fake or spam” accounts …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Musk abandons $44 billion Twitter deal, company vows legal fight

Firstpost

In a letter, Musk’s lawyer Mike Ringler complained to Twitter’s board that his client had been seeking data about ‘fake or spam’ accounts for almost two months and yet ‘has failed or refused to provide this information’ Elon Musk announced Friday that he will abandon his tumultuous $44 billion offer to buy Twitter after the company failed to provide enough …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Twitter vows legal fight after Elon Musk pulls out of $44 billion deal

Live Mint

Twitter will sue Elon Musk to enforce the $44 billion deal to buy the company that the billionaire now wants to abandon, the chair of the social media giant's board said on Saturday. Musk also said he was walking away because Twitter fired high-ranking executives and one-third of the talent acquisition team, breaching Twitter's obligation to "preserve substantially intact the …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Elon Musk backs out of $44 billion Twitter deal

Live Mint

Elon Musk on Friday pulled the plug on his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter and take it private, a regulatory filing showed. Twitter has made “misleading representations" over the number of spam bots on the social network, and hasn’t “complied with its contractual obligations" to provide information about how to assess how prevalent the bots are, Musk’s representatives said …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Twitter Is Removing 1 Million Spam Accounts a Day

News 18

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 threatened to walk away from the …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Twitter says it removes over 1 million spam accounts each day

The Hindu

Twitter removes more than 1 million spam accounts each day, executives told reporters in a briefing on Thursday, providing new insight into efforts to reduce harmful automated bots as billionaire Elon Musk has demanded more details from the social media company. The briefing comes after Musk threatened to halt a $44 billion deal to purchase Twitter unless the company showed …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Elon Musk deal ‘in danger’: Here’s what Twitter is doing to save it

Live Mint

Twitter has said that it removes 1 million spam accounts each day. The company said during a call with executives in 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 had offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion, has threatened to …

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X implements limited replies for verified users to combat spam

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

Will Elon Musk really put X behind a paywall?

Elon Musk Keeps Lying About One Very Specific Thing

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

China deploys 'bot police' to curb dissent online following nationwide 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

Disney wanted to buy Twitter but found ‘significant’ number of bots – to Elon Musk’s delight

Whistleblower accuses Twitter of ‘willful ignorance' on fake accounts, spam bots

Musk suit gets a potential boost from Twitter whistleblower

Twitter warns employees they would receive less annual bonus: Report

Elon Musk vs Twitter saga: With court battle in offing, a look at possible outcomes

Here’s why Elon Musk backed out of $44 billion deal to buy Twitter

Musk abandons deal to buy Twitter; company says it will sue

Musk abandons $44 billion Twitter deal, company vows legal fight

Twitter vows legal fight after Elon Musk pulls out of $44 billion deal

Elon Musk backs out of $44 billion Twitter deal

Twitter Is Removing 1 Million Spam Accounts a Day

Twitter says it removes over 1 million spam accounts each day

Elon Musk deal ‘in danger’: Here’s what Twitter is doing to save it