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Twitter has rolled out another feature intended to cut down on spamming and misinformation efforts-adding suspected bots, malicious links, and spammy hashtags to the "suspicious or spam" category users can choose when reporting violations of its terms of service.
Twitter's official Posted on Wednesday afternoon:
"Speech spokesperson told the Verge. "With more details to review, we will be adding more resources to our review processes."
This is a positive, if overdue, change. It is undoubtable automated bot accounts play a role in amplifying some of the worst behavior on the site-just look at the sprawling, semi-fake controversy that played out on the site over Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
However, it is far from clear that it plays a role in the site of self-admitted dysfunction as opposed to, say, its well-documented reluctance to enforce its own policies against harassment and hate speech. And anyone who has paid attention to the situation can confirm that certain users fling accusations that anyone who disagrees with them is a "bot" back and forth ad nauseam. (ie, "You're a bot." "No, you're a bot!" "No, YOU've bot!" "Blocked and reported, bot." "Oh look, the bot blocked me.") So it will be possible to have a drop in the bucket, whether or not it becomes more diligent with its moderation in the future.
In any case, Twitter has long been in the process of making improvements in the world by making adjustments in the environment. At least for today, this is what you get. You bot, you.
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