Elon Musk On Spam Bots

Elon Musk recently conducted a poll on Twitter asking users if they see “far fewer bots/scams/spam” on the platform after he acquired it.

Elon Musk was denied access to additional documents about Twitter’s internal measure of robot and spam accounts after a judge concluded the company already disclosed enough of the information as part of the billionaire’s legal fight over a scuttled takeover.

Elon Musk has subpoenaed Twitter Whistleblower Peiter Zatko and sought documents and information on the Twitter's spam accounts and alleged security vulnerabilities on the microblogging site. Zatko recently raised shocking allegations on Twitter, that were denied by the company.

Twitter has been reportedly ordered to give more information to Elon Musk regarding spam and bot accounts as a part of the social media company’s legal fight to make the billionaire entrepreneur finish the $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,51,200 crore) acquisition of the platform.

Twitter Inc is combining teams that work on reducing toxic content and spam bots, according to a staff memo on Tuesday seen by Reuters, amid accusations from a former executive that the company failed to do either job well.

Elon Musk has subpoenaed Twitter co-founder and former head Jack Dorsey to seek relevant information about the effect of spam accounts on the social media firm’s business. The billionaire has also sought to get Twitter’s lawsuit against him dismissed at Delaware's Chancery Court.

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is attempting to walk away from his deal to acquire Twitter, is seeking documents from advertising technology firms as part of his quest to gain more information on bot and spam accounts on Twitter, according to filings in a Delaware court on Thursday.

Elon Musk is seeking documents from advertising technology firms as part of his quest to gain more information on bot and spam accounts on Twitter, according to filings in a Delaware court on Thursday.

Elon Musk's legal team is said to be asking Twitter to hand over names of the employees responsible for calculating the percentage of bots and spam accounts on social media. Musk and Twitter are undergoing a legal suit to enforce the billionaire to complete his acquisition deal. Musk announced to terminate the deal over wrong information on bots.

Elon Musk has sold Tesla shares worth $6.9 billion (roughly Rs. 54,880 crore) to be prepared with cash in case he is forced to go ahead with the Twitter acquisition deal. Musk last month announced terminating the agreement to buy Twitter, claiming the company has made “misleading representations” over the number of spam bots on the service. T...

Elon Musk is facing a lawsuit from Twitter over his $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3.5 lakh crore) buyout bit, and the case could centre around the company’s bot accounts. Musk has cited Twitter’s failure to provide a tally of its fake or spam accounts to back out of the deal, after which the microblogging service sued the Tesla CEO. Here’s how Twi...

Twitter claims to remove 1 million spam accounts each day in a call with executives on Thursday. The statement comes amid Elon Musk’s doubts regarding spam bots on the platform. Twitter said it reviews “thousands of accounts” sampled at random, using both public and private data to determine whether a user is real.

Elon Musk addressed Twitter employees for the first time on Thursday, expressing his view that Twitter would need to cut its headcount, but offering few other new details about his $44 billion planned takeover of the social media company.

Following Elon Musk’s allegation on Twitter over false information on bots,Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has announced an investigation of the social media firm. The announcement came soon after Musk accused Twitter of refusing to disclose the extent of its spam bot and fake accounts.

LunarCrush, a crypto intelligence firm has said that a large chunk of spam accounts on social media are real people, which is why software fails to detect and mark online junk. As per the data compiled, spam volume on Twitter has risen by 1,374 percent in the last three years.

Elon Musk recently conducted a poll on Twitter asking users if they see “far fewer bots/scams/spam” on the platform after he acquired it.

Elon Musk was denied access to additional documents about Twitter’s internal measure of robot and spam accounts after a judge concluded the company already disclosed enough of the information as part of the billionaire’s legal fight over a scuttled takeover.

Elon Musk has subpoenaed Twitter Whistleblower Peiter Zatko and sought documents and information on the Twitter's spam accounts and alleged security vulnerabilities on the microblogging site. Zatko recently raised shocking allegations on Twitter, that were denied by the company.

Twitter has been reportedly ordered to give more information to Elon Musk regarding spam and bot accounts as a part of the social media company’s legal fight to make the billionaire entrepreneur finish the $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,51,200 crore) acquisition of the platform.

Twitter Inc is combining teams that work on reducing toxic content and spam bots, according to a staff memo on Tuesday seen by Reuters, amid accusations from a former executive that the company failed to do either job well.

Elon Musk has subpoenaed Twitter co-founder and former head Jack Dorsey to seek relevant information about the effect of spam accounts on the social media firm’s business. The billionaire has also sought to get Twitter’s lawsuit against him dismissed at Delaware's Chancery Court.

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is attempting to walk away from his deal to acquire Twitter, is seeking documents from advertising technology firms as part of his quest to gain more information on bot and spam accounts on Twitter, according to filings in a Delaware court on Thursday.

Elon Musk is seeking documents from advertising technology firms as part of his quest to gain more information on bot and spam accounts on Twitter, according to filings in a Delaware court on Thursday.

Elon Musk's legal team is said to be asking Twitter to hand over names of the employees responsible for calculating the percentage of bots and spam accounts on social media. Musk and Twitter are undergoing a legal suit to enforce the billionaire to complete his acquisition deal. Musk announced to terminate the deal over wrong information on bots.

Elon Musk has sold Tesla shares worth $6.9 billion (roughly Rs. 54,880 crore) to be prepared with cash in case he is forced to go ahead with the Twitter acquisition deal. Musk last month announced terminating the agreement to buy Twitter, claiming the company has made “misleading representations” over the number of spam bots on the service. T...

Elon Musk is facing a lawsuit from Twitter over his $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3.5 lakh crore) buyout bit, and the case could centre around the company’s bot accounts. Musk has cited Twitter’s failure to provide a tally of its fake or spam accounts to back out of the deal, after which the microblogging service sued the Tesla CEO. Here’s how Twi...

Twitter claims to remove 1 million spam accounts each day in a call with executives on Thursday. The statement comes amid Elon Musk’s doubts regarding spam bots on the platform. Twitter said it reviews “thousands of accounts” sampled at random, using both public and private data to determine whether a user is real.

Elon Musk addressed Twitter employees for the first time on Thursday, expressing his view that Twitter would need to cut its headcount, but offering few other new details about his $44 billion planned takeover of the social media company.

Following Elon Musk’s allegation on Twitter over false information on bots,Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has announced an investigation of the social media firm. The announcement came soon after Musk accused Twitter of refusing to disclose the extent of its spam bot and fake accounts.

LunarCrush, a crypto intelligence firm has said that a large chunk of spam accounts on social media are real people, which is why software fails to detect and mark online junk. As per the data compiled, spam volume on Twitter has risen by 1,374 percent in the last three years.