If Elon Musk has had a mantra since his takeover of Twitter and attempted rebrand to “X,” it’s “freedom of speech.” But a close second has been “fighting the bots,” a refrain he uses to justify almost ...

Almost a thousand Twitter accounts controlled by a large bot farm pushing Russian propaganda and domains used to register the bots were taken down in a joint international law enforcement operation ...

On a simulated day in July of a 2020 that didn't happen, 500 chatbots read the news — real news, our news, from the real July 1, 2020. ABC News reported that Alabama students were throwing "COVID ...

Tens of thousands of bots tussled on Twitter to try to shape the debate as a Chinese spy balloon flew over the US and Canada last year, according to an analysis of social media posts. Kathleen Carley ...

For years it’s been obvious that online social services of all kinds are beset by a problem with bots. I work on a cybersecurity product that can go inline and literally watch bot traffic, and too ...

X, formerly Twitter, will begin charging new users in New Zealand and the Philippines $1 annually as part of what the company called an anti-bot program. The idea of a paid subscription model was ...

X, formerly known as Twitter, is testing a subscription plan called “Not a Bot” of US$1 equivalent per annum in New Zealand and the Philippines. Those who don’t subscribe will still be able to log in ...