{"id":471593,"date":"2022-07-07T20:05:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T17:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/twitter-says-it-removes-1-million-spam-accounts-a-day\/"},"modified":"2022-07-07T20:05:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T17:05:30","slug":"twitter-says-it-removes-1-million-spam-accounts-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-says-it-removes-1-million-spam-accounts-a-day\/","title":{"rendered":"#Twitter says it removes 1 million spam accounts a day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ad7406447d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ad7406447d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-says-it-removes-1-million-spam-accounts-a-day\/#%E2%80%9CTwitter_says_it_removes_1_million_spam_accounts_a_day%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Twitter says it removes 1 million spam accounts a day&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTwitter_says_it_removes_1_million_spam_accounts_a_day%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Twitter says it removes 1 million spam accounts a day&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/twitter-says-it-remove.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/twitter-says-it-remove.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"This Nov. 4, 2013, file photo shows the icon for the Twitter app on an iPhone in San Jose, Calif. Twitter, in a call with executives Thursday, July 7, 2022, said it removes 1 million spam accounts each day. The briefing aimed to shed more light on the company's fake and bot accounts as it tussles with Elon Musk over \u201cspam bots.\u201d Credit: AP Photo\/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/twitter-says-it-remove.jpg\" alt=\"Twitter says it removes 1 million spam accounts a day\" title=\"This Nov. 4, 2013, file photo shows the icon for the Twitter app on an iPhone in San Jose, Calif. Twitter, in a call with executives Thursday, July 7, 2022, said it removes 1 million spam accounts each day. The briefing aimed to shed more light on the company's fake and bot accounts as it tussles with Elon Musk over \u201cspam bots.\u201d Credit: AP Photo\/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                This Nov. 4, 2013, file photo shows the icon for the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a> on an iPhone in San Jose, Calif. Twitter, in a call with executives Thursday, July 7, 2022, said it removes 1 million spam accounts each day. The briefing aimed to shed more light on the company&#8217;s fake and bot accounts as it tussles with Elon Musk over \u201cspam bots.\u201d Credit: AP Photo\/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Twitter said it removes 1 million spam accounts each day in a call with executives Thursday during a briefing that aimed to shed more light on the company&#8217;s fake and bot accounts as it tussles with Elon Musk over &#8220;spam bots.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                The Tesla CEO, who has offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion, has threatened to walk away from the deal if the company can&#8217;t show that less than 5% of its daily active users are automated spam accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has argued, without presenting evidence, that Twitter has significantly underestimated the number of these &#8220;spam bots&#8221;\u2014automated accounts that typically promote scams and misinformation\u2014on its service.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter said on the call that the spam accounts represent well below 5% of its active user base each quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Fake social media accounts have been problematic for years. Advertisers rely on the number of users provided by social media platforms to determine where they will spend money. Spam bots are also used to amplify messages and spread disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>The problem of fake accounts is well-known to Twitter and its investors. The company has disclosed its bot estimates to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for years, while also cautioning that its estimate might be too low.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Twitter offered Musk access to its &#8220;firehose&#8221; of raw data on hundreds of millions of daily tweets, according to multiple reports at the time, though neither the company nor Musk confirmed this.\n                                                                                                                        <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Musk: Doubt about spam accounts could scuttle Twitter deal\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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