Elon Musk settles SEC lawsuit over Twitter disclosures, $1.5 million fine imposedElon Musk has settled a civil lawsuit with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The case involved his delayed disclosure of initial p...
Elon Musk must face class action over late disclosure of Twitter stake, judge rulesA federal judge has allowed former Twitter investors to proceed with a class action lawsuit against Elon Musk. Investors claim Musk delayed...
US jury finds Elon Musk misled Twitter shareholdersA federal jury in California found Friday that tech titan Elon Musk misled Twitter shareholders in an effort to drive down the company's sh...
Twitter shareholder case accusing Musk of driving down stock goes to juryThe civil trial in San Francisco centers on a class-action lawsuit filed just before Musk took control of Twitter, which he later renamed X...
Digital foot soldiers: Pro-Trump bots swarm Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley on TwitterAs Republican voters size up their candidates for 2024, whoever created the bot network is seeking to put a thumb on the scale, using onlin...
Twitter bots promoting escorts and gambling drowned out protests in ChinaTwitter and its new owner, Elon Musk, have recently vowed to crack down on bots. But the flood of spam for Chinese users in recent weeks ha...
90% of comments on my Twitter account are bots: Elon MuskElon Musk has terminated the $44 billion Twitter takeover deal, and the matter is now in a US court, over the presence of bots on the platf...
Twitter reshuffles 'health' team amid spam bot debateThe social media company will combine its health experience team, which works on reducing misinformation and harmful content, with the Twit...
As Parag Agrawal vs Elon Musk battle over 'bots' gets murkier, other bosses jump in; Twitter slams Tesla chief for 'trying to get out of $44 bn buyout deal'The Tesla boss, Musk, is on everyone's radar after he replied to Twitter CEO with a "poop" emoji.
Elon Musk declares war on spam bots, says he will ‘defeat’ them or ‘die trying’ if his Twitter bid is successfulBesides eliminating bots, Musk highlighted the need to authenticate real humans.
Twitter introduces new label for 'good bots'Twitter said all automated accounts will now have the option to add the new label to their account profile. The label will give people addi...
Twitterati lose followers as platform blocks botsA Twitter spokesperson said follower counts are a visible feature, and the company wants everyone to have confidence that the numbers are m...
Bots tweaking pre-election Twitter trends in India: US expertsAs per a research by US experts, the pro-Modi traffic was far more heavily manipulated than anti-Modi traffic.
Thousands of Twitter bots active during 2018 US mid-term electionsThe study by researchers from University of Southern California in the US showed that more than a fifth of those posting about the election...
Twitter bots spread misinformation in 2016 US presidential election: StudyResearchers from Indiana University in the US found that a mere six per cent of Twitter accounts that the study identified as bots were eno...
Switched to vaping because it is safe? Blame Twitter bots for misleading youTwitter accounts, run by robots, are being used to promote vaping, and play down health threats.
Massive networks of fake Twitter accounts discoveredSome of the accounts have been used to fake number of followers, send spam and boost interest in trending topics, researchers said.