SEC Probes Twitter Over Spam Accounts — Court Orders the Social Media Giant t...
Twitter Inc. has been ordered to provide additional data relating to spam and bot accounts to Elon Musk. The social media giant has sued the Tesla CEO for terminating his $44 billion offer to buy the social media platform. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has also questioned Twitter about the number of spam accounts. Court Orders Twitter to Give Additional Data to Elon Musk Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick, a judge on the Delaware Court of Chancery, signed an order Thursday requiring Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) to provide additional data to Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon....
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Would be owner Elon Musk plans to shake the crypto spammers out of Twitter, disputing their claims that fake accounts only account for 5% of the total. Spam and bots have been the bane of anyone that uses the internet for years, but recently this digital scourge has ramped up activity in the crypto sector in a big way.Crypto intelligence provider LunarCrush has revealed spam in the cryptosphere has increased by an astonishing 3,894%. The firm has been collecting crypto-specific social data since 2019, and says not only is spam at an all-time high, it's also “the fastest growing metric on....
Twitter's secrecy on fake and spam account numbers on the platform is the main reason for tech mogul's decision, a Friday letter revealed. In an unexpected turn of events, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced his intention to end the $44 billion Twitter deal via a letter sent to the board of the social media giant.In short, the world’s richest man is not happy with the lack of information Twitter provided about spam and fake accounts. According to the letter, which is addressed to Twitter’s chief legal officer Vijaya Gadde, Musk is terminating the merger because Twitter “appears to have made....
Crypto spam activities have increased by 3,894% within the past months. LunarCrush, a cryptocurrency intelligence platform, gave this report in a recent publication. The report showed considerable growth in the crypto industry with its expansion on social media. It revealed that scam bots and posts within social media networks increased to their All-Time-High (ATH). This report arrived amid the world’s leading billionaire, Elon Musk’s comment on the issue of Twitter being flooded with spambots. Twitter To Become The Debate For Spam Accounts Twitter’s would-be owner has....
Elon Musk has so many tactics he can employ to turn his back on Twitter, which filed a lawsuit against him for canceling the $44 billion contract to acquire the platform. Tactic No. 1 – Accuse the social media giant that its platform is plagued by spam bots, phony accounts and whathaveyou, and give him […]
Musk has not been shy about touting his vision for Twitter in the past, flagging free speech and eliminating spam bots and fake accounts as particular points of interest. Barring another change of heart and certain conditions to be met, Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter looks set to go ahead, prompting the question of whether some or all of the changes he initially hinted for the platform will become a reality. The platform is a popular communication and news tool for crypto enthusiasts, users and investors, not to mention crypto scammers, with the social media platform seeing roughly....