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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...
Twitter to purge inactive accounts, Musk warns follower count could dropAccording to its user guidelines, Twitter considers an account to be active if it was logged into at least once in 30 days.
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...
Elon Musk urged bankers to slow Twitter deal on war risk: Lawyer"It won't make sense to buy Twitter if we're heading into World War III," Musk wrote. He had already agreed to buy Twitter for $44 billion ...
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...
Elon Musk seeks to question Twitter employees who count botsBot and spam accounts on Twitter have become a central issue in the legal fight over whether Elon Musk, who is Tesla's chief executive, mus...
Twitter says it removes over 1 million spam accounts each dayOn a conference call, the company reiterated that spam accounts were well under 5% of users who are served advertising, a figure that has b...
Is Musk having buyer's remorse about Twitter deal?Is Elon Musk's deal to buy Twitter falling apart?
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.
Musk says doubt about spam accounts could spoil Twitter dealThe world's richest man reiterated that he won't complete the takeover until Twitter proves the number of spam accounts it has.
Elon Musk versus Parag Agrawal battle continues on Twitter spam account issueAgrawal says he shared an overview of he estimation process and looks forward to continuing the conversation with Musk.
Elon Musk suggests that he could seek to cut price for Twitter buyWhen asked at the conference whether the Twitter deal is viable at a different price, Musk responded, "I mean, it's not out of the question...
- Tweet or Dare: Will Real Users Stand Up?
He intends to randomly sample 100 followers on Twitter and has asked others to try this exercise to determine if its claims on fake account...
Elon Musk says 'still committed', hours after putting Twitter deal on holdElon Musk on Friday said the deal to take over Twitter is 'on hold' till there's clarity on whether spam and fake accounts represent less t...
What are these spam bots that Elon Musk has vowed to defeat or die trying?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-...
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.
8% of Instagram accounts are fakes and 30% are inactive: StudyThe researchers discovered that 29.9 per cent of users appear to be inactive - posting one or fewer photos or videos in a month.
23 million active Twitter users are actually botsTwitter states As many as 23 million of Twitter's 271 million monthly active users are bots without any discernible additional user-initiat...