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Twitter verification is a system intended to communicate the authenticity of a Twitter account. [1] Since November 2022, Twitter users whose accounts are at least 90 days old and have a verified phone number receive verification upon subscribing to X Premium or Verified Organizations; this status persists as long as the subscription remains active.
A Twitter bot is a type of software bot that controls a Twitter account via the Twitter API. [1] The social bot software may autonomously perform actions such as tweeting, retweeting, liking, following, unfollowing, or direct messaging other accounts.
The Twitter account for Elmo tweeted that, "Elmo will miss you, little blue check mark". The blue checkmark has also caused crosscurrents between Twitter users, with technology journalist Joanna Stern writing that she "likes editing tweets", and appears to have distanced herself from the blue checkmark.
Social media sites, like Twitter, are among the most affected, with CNBC reporting up to 48 million of the 319 million users (roughly 15%) were bots in 2017. [12] Botometer [13] (formerly BotOrNot) is a public Web service that checks the activity of a Twitter account and gives it a score based on how likely the account is to be a bot. The ...
The new feature used Dump Monitor, a Twitter bot which detects and broadcasts likely password dumps found on pastebin pastes, to automatically add new potential breaches in real-time. Data breaches often show up on pastebins before they are widely reported on; thus, monitoring this source allows consumers to be notified sooner if they've been ...
A new study has found that posts from 10 “bot-like” X accounts spreading disinformation and hate have been viewed more than 150 million times ahead of the UK General Election.
Twitter, officially known as X since 2023, is a social networking service.It is one of the world's largest social media platforms and one of the most-visited websites. [4] [5] Users can share short text messages, images, and videos in short posts commonly known as "tweets" (officially "posts") and like other users' content. [6]
Twitter is set to turn over information to Musk capturing more than 500 million tweets, the devices the posts came from, and other information about the account holders, The Washington Post ...