Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-10-18 14:41:53 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2B1ED674480B52A69064D38A946DAB211DA5C0D30A5E985802B6DE64325452D5
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There is no evidence that account fees prevent spam. Despite the measures implemented by Twitter X, the platform continues to grapple with bots and fake accounts. Evidence of this persists in 2023, with various incidents reported across different sources: https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/17/twitter_blue_taliban/ https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-business-0047fe1730d70277484634a6ec9b7a91 https://nypost.com/2023/08/24/scientists-found-1140-ai-bots-on-x-creating-fake-profiles/ https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/over-1000-ai-bots-on-x-aka-twitter-stealing-selfies-of-users-to-create-fake-accounts-reports-reveal-2426876-2023-08-26 https://mashable.com/article/twitter-x-crypto-botnet-chatgpt-research#:~:text=By%20Matt%20Binder%20on%20August,X%2C%20the
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