Twitter is cracking down hard on bots and automated tweets in response to recent criticism of the company and recent revelations in the US's Russia investigation last week. Yesterday's Twitter's Yoel Roth issued an update to API policy regarding limitations of what users are allowed to do on the platform … …

Twitter announced last month that it would be “limiting the ability of users to perform coordinated actions across multiple accounts in TweetDeck and via the Twitter API [application-programming interface],” and Yoel Roth, who works on API policy and product trust for the social network, provided more … Read More

Posting duplicative content, replies, or mentions from an array of accounts one controls, by hand or by bot, is forbidden, according to Twitter. “Bulk, aggressive, or very high-volume automated retweeting” is also banned, along with using multiple accounts to perform automated actions at the service such … Read More

Twitter is going out of its way to verify accounts of some of the most publicly outspoken student survivors of the Parkland shooting. YouTube and Facebook removed some of the conspiracy videos claiming that survivor David Hogg was a “crisis actor,” but in many cases, the videos had already been … …

Other apps and services that support multiple Twitter accounts will also be required to impose the same restrictions. The requirement is in response to new anti-spam rules coming into force on March 23. The rules seek to address so-called Tweetdecking, where people with large Twitter followings form … Read More

MoffettNathanson reiterates its sell ratings for Snap and Twitter shares, saying the market is overreacting to marginally better earnings reports from the two companies. "Despite huge positive moves in Snap and Twitter … we find these names even more overvalued than before given that our estimates … Read More

The use of social media platforms in the manipulation of public opinion is still very much in the spotlight of late. Companies like Facebook and Twitter have discussed the issues with governments around the globe and initiatives are beginning to take effect in order to restore an element of credibility …

Twitter is cracking down on bots and automated tweets, making it harder for them to spam the site using third-party apps. “To be clear: Twitter prohibits any attempt to use automation for the purpose of posting or disseminating spam, and such behaviour may result in enforcement action,” said Yoel Roth, … …

In the case against Twitter, Jared Taylor claims that he and his publication, American Renaissance, were both permanently banned from the platform not because they harassed anyone or advocated violence. Instead, he said, it was because of ”their controversial views on race and immigration — the … Read More

White nationalist Jared Taylor is suing Twitter after the social network banned his account as part of a crackdown on abusive content. Mr Taylor's lawyer says the suspension of his account is a form of censorship, accusing Twitter of discrimination. Twitter declined to comment on the case but has … Read …