Twitter: Twitter Continued Purge: Kills 143,000 apps; charts new rules for developers



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SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter removed more than 143,000 apps, the company has announced, saying it is further investing in building tools and processes to stop malicious apps faster.

As part of its clean-up process, the micro-blogging platform also introduced Twitter application programming interfaces (APIs).

"These changes were made by Yoel Roth and Rob Johnson from Twitter in a blog post late on Tuesday.

According to media reports, Twitter suspended more than 70 million fake accounts in May and June in a massive drive to clear out bots and trolls on the platform. Twitter currently has nearly 330 million monthly active users (MAUs).

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Not Sparing Anyone

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Twitter's recent move of removing politicians and social media influencers losing followers.

The move did not spare 12 percent of its total followers – about 7.7 million.

In Pic: Clockwise from top right, Narendra Modi, Amitabh Bachchan, and Jack Dorsey were among the numerous accounts who saw a drop in following.

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