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Twitter Announces New Rules Targeting Imposter And Spam Accounts
Last month, Gizmodo uncovered a disturbing scheme where Twitter spammers were apparently impersonating more than a dozen real women to sell diet pills. Now, it seems, the site is introducing new rules to help stop fake accounts such as these.
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Twitter Is Suspending More Than One Million Accounts Per Day In Latest Purge
Apparently sick of being criticised by everyone from US Congress to Seth Rogan for not doing enough to purge its platform of bots, trolls and malicious foreign actors, Twitter has started liberally dropping the ban hammer on suspicious accounts, suspending more than 70 million users over the course of May and June.
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FCC Accuses Florida Man Of Making 97 Million Robocalls, Florida Man Denies Charges
The notorious Florida Man is at it again, this time allegedly placing nearly 100 million robocalls offering fake travel deals, according to the Federal Communications Commission.
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FTC Report Reveals Just How Awful Robocalls Got In The US This Year
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its biennial report to the US congress on the Do-Not-Call Registry. The latest instalment of the databook featured more information about complaints than previous years, including a breakdown of how many calls were made by a live caller and how many were robocalls.