Russian bots
Social media firms have been under increasing pressure from governments to deal with both fake news and abusive content on their networks. This week, Twitter banned some accounts suspected of being Russian bots. Locked-out users had to provide a telephone number which they then had to verify in order to prove they were real. That purge has also drawn a lot of criticism, with some users raising concerns that the lock-out was aimed at accounts expressing right-wing political beliefs. Similar challenges to Twitter's account closures have been filed before. Conservative activist Charles Johnson has a lawsuit against Twitter pending in California after he was banned in 2015.DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
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