Monday, January 29, 2018

The Black Market Bot Factory That Inflates Celebrities' Twitter Followers (By The Millions)

This doesn't sound shady at all: "Devumi sells Twitter followers and retweets to celebrities, businesses and anyone who wants to appear more popular or exert influence online. Drawing on an estimated stock of at least 3.5 million automated accounts, each sold many times over, the company has provided customers with more than 200 million Twitter followers" - and at least 55,000 of the accounts are basically identity theft.



Article source here:Arts Journal

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