Paul Manafort’s former bookkeeper has testified that the former Donald Trump campaign chairman kept her in the dark about the foreign bank accounts he was using to allegedly buy millions in luxury items and personal expenses. Mr Manafort, facing trial on back fraud and tax charges otherwise approved “every penny” of the personal bills she […]
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The US' indictment of Russian officers over the DNC hacks is having an
Social networking site Twitter Inc. (TWTR.N) on Saturday suspended two accounts linked to 12 Russian spies indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller for interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. On Friday, a federal grand jury charged 12 Russian intelligence officers with hacking Democratic computer networks in 2016 in the most detailed U.S. accusation yet […]
Twitter shares fell more than 8% when markets opened Monday. The suspensions could hurt Twitter’s account-growth metrics when it reports earnings this month. Twitter sank more than 8% Monday morning after The Washington Post reported that the social-media company deleted more than 70 million accounts in May and June.
The newspaper had said the social media company had suspended more than 70 million fake accounts in May and June, leading to a decline of monthly active users in the second quarter. “Most accounts we remove are not included in our reported metrics as they have not been active on the platform for 30 days […]
Even if headline statistics go down, the move could make the company healthier in the long run.
Twitter and other social media platforms such as Facebook Inc (FB.O) have been under scrutiny by U.S. lawmakers and international regulators for doing too little to prevent the spread of false content. Twitter suspended more than 70 million accounts in May and June, and the pace has continued in July, the Post reported on Friday, […]
The feature is designed to help families share apps and music, but the scammers are using it lock out the actual owner of the account and buy in-app purchases and iTunes gift cards. There are a handful of posts on Apple’s support forums and Reddit that detail similar stories of accounts that couldn’t buy apps […]
Facebook disclosed that it disabled 1.3 billion ‘fake accounts’ over the past two quarters, many of which had ‘the intent of spreading spam or conducting illicit activities such as scams’.