Twitter is known to drive such clean-ups to keep accounts safe and remove spam and bots.
Twitter has yet to officially comment on the cause, but it appears that the platform has launched a cleanup drive to get rid of bots and most dormant accounts.
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Twitter users India Are complaining about seeing a sudden drop in the number of their followers. While some users complained of losing hundreds of followers within minutes, others said that thousands of followers suddenly disappeared, drastically reducing the number of followers. Twitter has yet to officially comment on the cause, but it appears that the platform has launched a cleanup drive to get rid of bots and most dormant accounts.
Twitter is known to drive such clean-ups to keep accounts safe and remove spam and bots. Earlier this year, Twitter did a similar exercise to clean up the platform, saying, “You may see some follower counts fluctuate from time to time. Accounts that we’ve asked to confirm their passwords or phone numbers are not included in this. Followers count until they confirm that information. We do this regularly to help prevent spam and keep all accounts secure.”
On a related note, Twitter said it had removed more than 3,000 accounts that were acting as “information operations linked to a foreign state.” According to a Reuters report, the deleted Twitter accounts were linked to operations in six countries, including Mexico, China and Russia.
Meanwhile, Twitter has also announced that it will not allow users to share media files like images or videos of private individuals without their consent. The company has already banned media files that reveal sensitive information such as home address, identity documents and contact information. However, the new rules are aimed at strictly cracking down on posts that may lead to harassment or invasion of their personal space. Interestingly, the new rules came just a day after the company announced Parag Agarwal as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) following the exit of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey.
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