The Pew Research Center report found bots were a major source for diffusing information on news, sports, entertainment and other topics. — AFP Relaxnews
Twitter Inc shares fell almost 7% on Dec 17 after the company said it was investigating unusual traffic that might be from state-sponsored hackers and, in what appeared to be an unrelated issue, a security firm said hackers used the platform to try to steal user data.
Twitter said in a blog that it discovered suspicious traffic to a customer-support forum while investigating a security bug that exposed data, including users' phone country codes and details on locked accounts. It said the bug was fixed Nov 16.
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