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Twitter Bots, the Untold Story

Twitter Bots, the Untold Story

Social media isn't just becoming more fake by accident

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Michael Spencer
May 19, 2022
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Hey Guys,

When social media companies report to shareholders of how many million DAU, MAUs and users they have, are they reporting real people?

As users, we know fake accounts, bots and deepfake accounts are everywhere, but there’s little real data and transparency on the issue. The Twitter bot controversy sheds a lot of light on this.

Silicon Valley has…

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