Category: bots

Musk Announces Shakeup for Twitter Verified Users

Elon Musk has touted Twitter’s paid Blue subscription plan as providing users with additional benefits while helping to prevent AI bots from taking over the platform. In a March 27 Twitter post, Musk said users will now need a “verified account” if they want to be eligible to vote in polls or be recommended on the platform’s…


#DemCast Takes Democrats War on Truth to a Much More Dangerous Level

Commentary The Democrats’ war on truth has been going on for some time, at least if you follow their replacement Bible, The New York Times. It’s the old “ends justify the means” thing. In the early 20th century, Walter Duranty was the paper’s Moscow correspondent and justified Stalin’s mass starvation of the Ukrainians as breaking…


Musk Targets Ad Tech Firms in Twitter Suit Over Takeover Deal

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is attempting to walk away from his deal to acquire Twitter Inc., 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. Twitter has sued the Tesla chief…


Musk Challenges Twitter CEO to Public Debate on Bots

Elon Musk on Saturday challenged Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal to a public debate about the percentage of bots on the social media platform. “Let him prove to the public that Twitter has <5% fake or spam daily users!,” Musk said in a tweet. He also started a poll asking users whether less…


Musk to Hold First Meeting With Twitter Employees Since Launching Takeover Bid

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is set to hold his first meeting with Twitter staff this week amid his bid to purchase the social media company. The virtual meeting, which is set to take place on June 16, was first reported by Business Insider after being announced by Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal in an email to staff…


Twitter Bot Concerns: How Many of Elon Musk’s 96.7 Million Twitter Followers Are Real?

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk’s war on Twitter Inc. bots is shaped by an extraordinary number of spam or autonomous agents that engage with him on the platform. What Happened Nearly 70 percent of Musk’s followers on Twitter are spam, fake or inactive, according to a Wall Street Journal report, which cited data from SparkToro LLC, a purveyor of…