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Court Orders Twitter To Hand Over "Some Data" On Spam Accounts To Elon Musk
Elon Musk may get access to Twitter Inc data used in a 2021 audit of active users but other information the billionaire seeks in a bid to end his $44 billion deal to buy the company were rejected as "absurdly broad," a judge said on Thursday.
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Twitter To Merge Teams That Counter Toxic Content, Act Against Spam Bots
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.
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The 'Bots' At Heart Of Elon Musk's Twitter Buyout Row
Elon Musk's pausing of his bid to buy Twitter due to questions over "bots" has put the artificially-operated accounts at the heart of the proposed deal's latest controversy.
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Musk Says Twitter Deal Won't Go Ahead Without Clarity on Spam Accounts
Elon Musk says his $44 billion offer would not move forward until Twitter shows proof that spam bots account for less than 5 percent of its total users, hours after suggesting he could seek a lower price for the company.
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After Twitter CEO's Long Thread On Spam, Elon Musk's Pile Of Poo Emoticon
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal today posted a thread on spam amid Tesla boss Elon Musk's proposed acquisition of the microblogging website.
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Elon Musk Vowed to Defeat Spam Bots on Twitter, but What Are They: Explained
Elon Musk, who has made weeding out fake Twitter accounts and spam bots the central theme of his takeover plan, said if he buys the social-media platform he "will defeat the spam bots or die trying".
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Twitter to Verify New Accounts With Email Addresses, Phone Numbers in Bid to Fight Spam
Adding a way to check that a real person is behind new accounts was described by Twitter as being among measures to fight abuse, trolls, and hateful content.
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Twitter Suspends Several Accounts Known for 'Tweetdecking': Report
Tweetdecking is an explicit violation of Twitter's spam policy, which does not allow users to "sell, purchase, or attempt to artificially inflate account interactions".
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Twitter Suspends Several Accounts Infamous For Stealing Tweets
Continuing its tirade against the "tweetdeckers", Twitter has suspended several popular accounts known for stealing tweets or mass-retweeting tweets into manufactured virality.
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Twitter goes to court to fight spammers
Twitter filed a lawsuit on Thursday against five websites that it accuses of creating tools for spamming.
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Court Orders Twitter To Hand Over "Some Data" On Spam Accounts To Elon Musk
Elon Musk may get access to Twitter Inc data used in a 2021 audit of active users but other information the billionaire seeks in a bid to end his $44 billion deal to buy the company were rejected as "absurdly broad," a judge said on Thursday.
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Twitter To Merge Teams That Counter Toxic Content, Act Against Spam Bots
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.
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The 'Bots' At Heart Of Elon Musk's Twitter Buyout Row
Elon Musk's pausing of his bid to buy Twitter due to questions over "bots" has put the artificially-operated accounts at the heart of the proposed deal's latest controversy.
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Musk Says Twitter Deal Won't Go Ahead Without Clarity on Spam Accounts
Elon Musk says his $44 billion offer would not move forward until Twitter shows proof that spam bots account for less than 5 percent of its total users, hours after suggesting he could seek a lower price for the company.
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After Twitter CEO's Long Thread On Spam, Elon Musk's Pile Of Poo Emoticon
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal today posted a thread on spam amid Tesla boss Elon Musk's proposed acquisition of the microblogging website.
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Elon Musk Vowed to Defeat Spam Bots on Twitter, but What Are They: Explained
Elon Musk, who has made weeding out fake Twitter accounts and spam bots the central theme of his takeover plan, said if he buys the social-media platform he "will defeat the spam bots or die trying".
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Twitter to Verify New Accounts With Email Addresses, Phone Numbers in Bid to Fight Spam
Adding a way to check that a real person is behind new accounts was described by Twitter as being among measures to fight abuse, trolls, and hateful content.
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Twitter Suspends Several Accounts Known for 'Tweetdecking': Report
Tweetdecking is an explicit violation of Twitter's spam policy, which does not allow users to "sell, purchase, or attempt to artificially inflate account interactions".
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Twitter Suspends Several Accounts Infamous For Stealing Tweets
Continuing its tirade against the "tweetdeckers", Twitter has suspended several popular accounts known for stealing tweets or mass-retweeting tweets into manufactured virality.
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Twitter goes to court to fight spammers
Twitter filed a lawsuit on Thursday against five websites that it accuses of creating tools for spamming.
