“48 million of Twitter’s reported active users — nearly 15 percent — are automated accounts designed to simulate real people, though the company claims that number is far lower. In November, Facebook disclosed to investors that it had at least twice as many fake users as it previously estimated,…”Tagged: Social Media Is Bad, Fake Followers, Facebook, Twitter, digital age
“Fake (social media) accounts, known as bots, can help sway advertising audiences and reshape political debates. They can defraud businesses and ruin reputations.”Tagged: Fake Followers, Social Media Followers, Social Media Marketing, Advertising, Capitalism