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Status symbol or ID badge: What's the significance of Twitter's blue tick?
Twitter's blue tick lets people know an account of interest is authentic, but it’s far from a simple verification tool in the fight against impersonation and fraud. However, Elon Musk’s new rule means the more you can pay, the more legitimacy you can purchase in the public sphere
Anand Mahindra thinks we are already 'living in the Matrix'; here's why
This amazing data was originally shared by a Twitter page named ‘World of Statistics’ and now Mahindra has retweeted it
Badshah's just the tip of the fake followers iceberg
If you think about it, it's rather unfair that Badshah is the only one singled out for purchasing fake followers on social media (albeit a rather large number).
Mindtree Q4 net profit up 3.9% at Rs 206 cr, closes FY20 with wins of $1.2 bn; says well-equipped to handle global crisis
With 21,991 employees, Mindtree 12 months attrition was at 17.4 percent.
Firstpost Editor's Picks: BJP takes risk in Karnataka, RTI (Amendment) Bill, Hrithik Roshan regains brand reputation; today's must-read stories
Haste makes waste. That's the piece of ancient wisdom BJP president Amit Shah remembered while finally deciding what to do in Karnataka.
Instagram bug costs some users millions of followers, fix is coming soon
Instagram issue causes popular celebrities Kylie Jenner, Justin Bieber followers count drop by millions
Twitter removes suspicious accounts in attempt to make followers tally more accurate
Twitter is under pressure to tackle its problem of fake users, which are a turn-off for investors.
Twitter beats Wall Street estimates despite losing 9 mn users after removing bots
Twitter’s advertising revenue jumped 29 percent to $650 million in the third quarter from a year earlier
Russian Twitter bots and trolls spread false information about vaccines: Study
The Twitter bots and trolls used tactics similar to those at work during the 2016 US elections.
Jack Dorsey is rethinking the way Twitter works, after Alex Jones timeout
Jack Dorsey is mulling changes to Twitter to limit the spread of fake news and hate speech.
Twitter blocks polling app MyVoteToday's account over behavioral issues
MyVoteToday in a poll asked people who they want to be silenced and listed names of CMs and others.
Twitter to make login via phone number or email mandatory to fight abusive bots
New Twitter users will now have to confirm an email address or phone number to register an account.
US to seek control of infected routers to curb alleged Russian cyberattack on Ukraine
A judge gave FBI permission to seize an internet domain that authorities charge a Russian hacking group known as Sofacy was using to control infected devices.
Russian Twitter bots tried to influence the UK general election results by promoting the Labour Party leader
The research discovered that in the run up to the election, 6,500 Russian Twitter accounts, many of which are run by Internet robots known as "bots", supported the Labour Party.
Artificial Intelligence, bots, robots will increase productivity and should be 'Made to Work for India' urges Narendra Modi
Modi made it clear that "the march of technology cannot be at the expense of further increasing the difference between societies over access to technology".
CERT-In has developed a free bot removal tool in collaboration with QuickHeal, starts sending out awareness SMS
The SMS includes a link to the Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre where one can get information about bots and how to remove them
World internet freedom declines: Trolls, bots, emerge as techniques used by govts to inflate support on social media, says report
Governments around the world have drastically increased their attempts to manipulate information being shared on social media networks
Researchers have developed an innovative AI system to crack CAPTCHA security system
They used neural networks to learn what a CAPTCHA was and then to foil systems that used them.
Bots set to change the rules of BFSI; will put substantial capabilities in the hands of consumers
Bots, powered by ample compute cycles and memory as well as the rapid advances in AI, will put substantial capabilities in the hand of the consumer.
Facebook finds probable Russian-based operation funding US ads with political message
Facebook said it had found that an operation likely based in Russia spent $100,000 on thousands of US ads promoting divisive social and political messages.