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ukgimp

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Twitter Bot Crackdown
« on: February 22, 2018, 11:20:27 AM »
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Re: Twitter Bot Crackdown
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2018, 12:17:15 PM »
This has been at the top of my Gnews for 18 hrs:

Conservative Twitter Users Lash Out After Followers Vanish

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-21/conservative-twitter-users-lash-out-over-disappearing-followers
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Re: Twitter Bot Crackdown
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2018, 05:30:06 PM »
Twitter says most recent follower purge is about bots, not politics
Calm down, the company isn't targeting conservative users.

https://www.engadget.com/2018/02/21/twitter-follower-purge-bots-not-politics/
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Re: Twitter Bot Crackdown
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2018, 08:19:23 PM »
Bots and propaganda are really a huge credibility issue for FB & Twitter, with the Russian scandal growing they should do everything they can to appear to be on top of it.  2018 mid-terms are right around the corner.
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