Twitter will allow users to flag tweets as originating from a fake account or a bot which are impersonating as something or someone else, and mark them as "fake." The new tool unveiled by Twitter is the latest step that the social media site has taken to combat malicious activities on its...
Earlier that month, the company came under fire for hosting a chatbot that mimicked a teen girl who had been murdered in 2006—her father discovered the bot and it was later removed. Previous reporting has found the site also hosts suicide-themed chatbots, as well as ones promoting child ...
impersonating and scamming easier obviously - there just isnt any other reason to do something dumb like this, especially when the platform already has a "scam bot" problem, pretty much any other platform forces unique usernames for that reason, outside of maybe twitter (does that still...
False information about when to vote or misinformation about voting requirements, are also against Twitter’s terms of service. Twitter has previously taken action again tweets and accounts that attempted to manipulate voters. The company has removed bot networks that spread election misinformation as ...
DDoS-capable botnets are evolving and growing, with a notable increase in bot-infected devices. Critical infrastructure, such as banking, financial services, and public utilities, are prime targets, seeing a massive wave of attacks targeting them. The 13th issue of NETSCOUT’s global DDoS Threat ...
"While many sexbot users may distinguish between fact and fantasy, some buyers may not, leading to concern about potentially exacerbating the risk of sexual assault and rape of actual children and adults," they write. Given this and the overwhelming lack of evidence on any effective treatments ...
Elon Musk plans to lay off most of Twitter's workforce if and when he becomes owner of the social media company. That's according to a report by The Washington Post.
Twitter reportedly spent more than a year building a stand-alone instant messaging app that never ended up seeing the light of day.
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with a notable increase in bot-infected devices. Critical infrastructure, such as banking, financial services, and public utilities, are prime targets, seeing a massive wave of attacks targeting them. The 13th issue of NETSCOUT’s global DDoS Threat Intelligence Report covers this and much more to...