New Delhi, Aug 20 (Ians) Leading bot researchers have questioned Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s claims about the huge presence of fake/spamming accounts on Twitter, as the online tool his team used to count bots on the micro-blogging platform cannot be relied upon.
Musk’s legal team has mentioned the use of ‘Botometer’ that tracks spam and fake accounts in a countersuit against Twitter.
Using the tool, the Tesla CEO’s team estimated that 33 per cent of “visible accounts” on the social media platform were “false or spam accounts”, as against Twitter’s claim that spam accounts represent less than five per cent of its daily active users.
According to the BBC, the court filings made by Musk’s legal team have now been questioned by ‘Botometer’ creator Kaicheng Yang, who said that the figure “doesn’t mean anything”.
“In order to estimate the prevalence (of bots), you need to...
Musk’s legal team has mentioned the use of ‘Botometer’ that tracks spam and fake accounts in a countersuit against Twitter.
Using the tool, the Tesla CEO’s team estimated that 33 per cent of “visible accounts” on the social media platform were “false or spam accounts”, as against Twitter’s claim that spam accounts represent less than five per cent of its daily active users.
According to the BBC, the court filings made by Musk’s legal team have now been questioned by ‘Botometer’ creator Kaicheng Yang, who said that the figure “doesn’t mean anything”.
“In order to estimate the prevalence (of bots), you need to...
- 8/20/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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