Forget crypto spam accounts, Twitter's got another problem which involves bots and accounts promoting adult content and infiltrating Direct Messages and interactions on the platform. And there doesn't ...

Twitter says it is taking new steps to cripple spam bots on its platform. Automated accounts and automated tweeting is allowed on Twitter generally — they’re how companies keep their feeds going at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But since the beginning of 2024, a distinct style of spam bot has dominated the conversation — if you can call it that. Open the ...

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. “If our twitter bid succeeds, we will defeat the ...

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Internet users looking for information on Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s arrest will find another roadblock put in their way, after attacks on major websites and censoring of text messaging services. This ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter alternative, Instagram Threads, has been forced to implement rate limits in response to a growing number of reports citing spam attacks and crypto-shilling bots. Instagram ...

Twitter has opened up about the newly-imposed read limits on tweets. The company says it’s an “extreme measure” it took to remove spam and bots from the platform. It hasn’t revealed when it plans to ...

Elon Musk speaks during the Satellite 2020 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington on March 9, 2020. Credit - Brendan Smialowski—AFP/Getty Images Spam bots are the “single most annoying ...