Twitter commits to taking on the bots and the abusers (yet again)

In a new blog post on Tuesday, Twitter committed to continue dealing with problems that have long plagued the website: spam and harassment.

We do not value fake engagement. Taking bigger steps to improvehttps://t.co/A4b8IREWTc

— jack (@jack) June 26, 2018

Since the 2016 election, malicious bot and troll accounts have hounded users across Twitter with fake news and abusive comments. In an effort to combat this issue, the company announced that new users will be required to confirm either an email address or phone number. The company added that there would be exceptions for legitimate users whose safety would be jeopardized without anonymity.  Read more...

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