Two years on from the U.S. presidential election, Facebook continues to have a major problem with Russian disinformation being megaphoned via its social tools. In a blog post today the company reveals another tranche of Kremlin-linked fake activity — saying it’s removed a total of 471 Facebook pages and accounts, as well as 41 Instagram accounts, which […]
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Twitter’s spam reporting tool now lets you specify type, including if it’s a fake account
Twitter is adding more nuance to its spam reporting tools, the company announced today. Instead of simply flagging a tweet as posting spam, users can now specify what kind of spam you’re seeing by way of a new menu of choices. Among these is the option to report spam you believe to be from a […]
View More Twitter’s spam reporting tool now lets you specify type, including if it’s a fake accountTwitter’s CFO clarifies that its second-quarter user metrics won’t be affected by fake account purge
After a Washington Post report last week that Twitter’s fake account purge might affect its second-quarter user numbers, Twitter’s chief financial officer said on Monday that the clean-up will not affect its metrics. In a tweet, Ned Segal explained that most of the suspended accounts were less than 30 days old or caught at sign […]
View More Twitter’s CFO clarifies that its second-quarter user metrics won’t be affected by fake account purgeTwitter’s efforts to suspend fake accounts have doubled since last year
Bots, your days of tweeting politically divisive nonsense might be numbered. The Washington Post reported Friday that in the last few months Twitter has aggressively suspended accounts in an effort to stem the spread of disinformation running rampant on its platform. The Washington Post reports that Twitter suspended as many as 70 million accounts between […]
View More Twitter’s efforts to suspend fake accounts have doubled since last year