Twitter reportedly suspended 70 million fake accounts in May and June

Twitter’s increasingly aggressive purges were already alarming some users; In February, the platform assured that it was wiping out bots, not silencing conservatives. But the company has also taken the opportunity to liquidate retweet-spamming accounts in order to promote more genuine interaction. While today’s revelations are more about controlling misinformation, the heavier-handed platform policing is …

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