Twitter Invaded by Porn Bot Accounts Offering Online Prostitution, Elon Musk Has No Solution

On the other hand, Twitter has finally issued an official statement regarding its policy of limiting Tweets that users can view, over the last few days.

Via its official Twitter Business blog, the company said it had to take extreme measures to remove spam and bots from its platform, in order to ensure the authenticity of its user base.

“That’s why we’re temporarily limiting usage so we can detect and eliminate bots and other bad actors harming the platform,” Twitter wrote, quoted Wednesday (5/7/2023).

The platform owned by Elon Musk claims that if they announce the changes before they are implemented, bad actors can change their behavior to avoid detection.

Twitter also said, at a high level, it was trying to prevent these accounts from collecting users’ public Twitter data to create AI models, as well as manipulate people and conversations on the platform in various ways.

“Currently, the restrictions affect a small percentage of people using the platform, and we will provide an update when work is done. In terms of our customers, the effect on advertising has been minimal,” they added.

“Sometimes, even for a moment, you have to slow down to get faster,” concluded the social media in its statement.

Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino has also released a short statement regarding the controversy on the platform, still referring to the official statement above.

“When you have a mission like Twitter — you have to make big moves to keep strengthening this platform. This work is meaningful and ongoing,” he wrote via Tweet on the @lindayacc account.