Investigation Launched Into Fake Twitter Bots

Musk appeared to hint in late May that his buyout offer would be jeopardized due to the quantity of bots on the platform. Now an official federal investigation has been launched into fake twitter bots.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton initiated a probe into Twitter on Monday to see if the company is lying about the number of bogus bot accounts on the network.

According to Paxton's office, "bots" or spam accounts "inflate followers and reach, and often push deceptive and annoying acti...

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