Elon Musk wants to get rid of Twitter spam bots. What are they?
After an initial hiccup -- marked by intense media
glare-- the world’s richest man known for his penchant for controversy, has
finally locked the deal to purchase Twitter for about $44
billion.
The social media users -- and the Twitter as a company too--
are waiting with bated breath for the change of guard, and also the changes
which Elon Musk
will bring with him.
Twitter CEO Parag Agarwal
may be a worried man now. And so are those floating
spam bots. While he was executing
the takeover, the Tesla and SpaceX chief had tweeted that he would defeat the
spam bots on Twitter or 'die trying'.
Musk has called spam bots the “single most annoying
problem” on the social media platform.But,
why have these bots earned Musk's ire?
Have you seen Twitter accounts claiming that they have
found a cure for Covid-19? Or, perhaps touting a get-rich-quick scheme powered
by cryptocurrencies? Then you've possibly come across Twitter bots. These bots
are used for trolling and spreading misinformation. The purpose behind their
use can range from influencing national elections to spreading malware.
Twitter bots have earned favour with scammers as a tool
that can infiltrate social media accounts and potentially even a user's
personal information.
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