Twitter Bots

• U.S. regulator questioned Twitter on how it counts fake accounts

  The SEC in June asked Twitter about its methodology for calculating the false or spam accounts and "the underlying judgments and assumptions used by management.''

  Tech

  Aug 24, 2022
  
• Is Twitter Elon Musk’s business or ‘pet project’? How the platform could change

  Elon Musk has kept many of his plans for Twitter close to the chest, but experts say the self-described 'free speech absolutist' will likely make lasting changes to the platform.

  Tech

  Apr 26, 2022
  
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• Twitter pauses plan to delete inactive accounts until it can memorialize dead users

  The account removal process was set to begin in December and would ultimately free up usernames.

  Tech

  Nov 27, 2019
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• Study: One-third of accounts tweeting about Alberta politics are bots

  An analysis of Twitter profiles using two hashtags related to Alberta politics revealed that nearly a third of those profiles are likely bots.

  Canada

  Apr 15, 2019
• Donald Trump says new Twitter policy lost him followers, but numbers show otherwise

  U.S. President Donald Trump is claiming that Twitter has removed "many people" from his account. But he actually gained followers this month.

  Tech

  Oct 26, 2018
• Twitter shuts down hundreds of suspected bots which shared pro-Saudi views on Jamal Khashoggi

  A network of hundreds of Twitter accounts was shut down after tweeting pro-Saudi sentiments regarding the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, NBC News reports.

  Tech

  Oct 19, 2018
• Twitter to no longer allow people to post identical messages from multiple accounts

  The San Francisco-based social network also said it would not allow people to use software to simultaneously perform other actions such as liking or retweeting from multiple accounts.

  Money

  Feb 21, 2018
• A B.C. woman spotted a Twitter bot, and the face staring back was hers

  She was alerted to the fraud by a U.S. investigative journalist researching Twitter bots and Russian influence in American media.

  Tech

  Feb 7, 2018
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• Twitter suspends 1,062 accounts linked to Russian election-meddling campaign

  The accounts were linked to the Internet Research Agency, a Russian "troll farm" that disseminated content designed to influence public opinion during the U.S. presidential election. 

  Politics

  Jan 19, 2018