July 13, 2021 08:18 am
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/13/22575025/twitter-verified-fake-accounts-botnet-researcher
Twitter admits it verified several fake accounts
Twitter says it has permanently suspended a “small number” of fake accounts it mistakenly verified just weeks after re-launching its public verification program, the Daily Dot reports. The blunder came to light after data scientist Conspirador Norteño discovered six verified accounts which had been created recently on June 16th. None of them had posted a single tweet, and two used what appeared to be stock photographs for profile pictures.
“We mistakenly approved the verification applications of a small number of inauthentic (fake) accounts,” Twitter told the Daily Dot in a statement. “We have now permanently suspended the accounts in question, and removed their verified badge, under our platform manipulation and spam policy.”
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/13/22575025/twitter-verified-fake-accounts-botnet-researcher
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