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A large-scale purge of bot and inactive accounts on Instagram has reportedly caused thousands of users, including celebrities, to lose followers.

Do you suspect that your Instagram follower list is filled with unknown or suspicious accounts? If yes, then you’re not alone. Spam and bot followers have become a common problem, often affecting ...

The discovery of a massive botnet can start with finding a few fake Twitter followers, report Duo researchers investigating the process of identifying and analyzing automated accounts. Earlier this ...

In a massive cleanup, many celebrities, including Kylie Jenner and K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, have lost millions of followers on Instagram. The Instagram bot purge happened overnight, and many big ...

Twitch has discovered over 7.5 million bot accounts that have been inflating streamer stats, the Amazon-owned company tweeted. It has now started removing those accounts and warned users that "you may ...

Businesses, celebrities, and content creators alike lost large swaths of Instagram followers this week due to a platform update that removed inactive accounts. For some profiles, including Nike’s and ...

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