Twitter’s meltdown may be for most of us merely funny or a mild inconvenience, yet for some, it’s terrifying and stressful how tools necessary to stay connected to already hard-fought-for communities ...

I personally thought the big Twitter drama of the week was going to be the company’s move to replace its long-delayed free API tier with a “paid basic tier” — but then, Twitter decided to pick a major ...

For years it’s been obvious that online social services of all kinds are beset by a problem with bots. I work on a cybersecurity product that can go inline and literally watch bot traffic, and too ...

For many users, scrolling through social media feeds and notifications is like wading in a cesspool of spam content. A new study identified 1,140 AI-assisted bots that were spreading misinformation on ...

Many climate scientists have abandoned Twitter since Musk took over in October 2022. — © AFP Many climate scientists have abandoned Twitter since Musk took over in ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter alternative, Instagram Threads, has been forced to implement rate limits in response to a growing number of reports citing spam attacks and crypto-shilling bots. Instagram ...

Twitter has opened up about the newly-imposed read limits on tweets. The company says it’s an “extreme measure” it took to remove spam and bots from the platform. It hasn’t revealed when it plans to ...

The routine of a loyal X (formerly known as Twitter) user remains relatively simple. You open the app and scroll to see what The Discourse is for the day. Someone's thought entices you enough to ...

Twitter even suspended another automated bot called @AskTheWassie, a comic frog that operated similarly to @ExplainThisBob on Sunday. “Promotion of scams under the guise of being a funny/helpful bot ...

With the aid of open-source tools, Internet researcher Lawrence Alexander gathered and visualised data on nearly 20,500 pro-Kremlin Twitter accounts, revealing the massive scale of information ...