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Firstpost Editor's Picks: BJP takes risk in Karnataka, RTI (Amendment) Bill, Hrithik Roshan regains brand reputation; today's must-read stories
Fp Staff •Haste makes waste. That's the piece of ancient wisdom BJP president Amit Shah remembered while finally deciding what to do in Karnataka.
Instagram bug costs some users millions of followers, fix is coming soon
Tech2 News Staff •Instagram issue causes popular celebrities Kylie Jenner, Justin Bieber followers count drop by millions
Twitter removes suspicious accounts in attempt to make followers tally more accurate
•Twitter is under pressure to tackle its problem of fake users, which are a turn-off for investors.
Twitter beats Wall Street estimates despite losing 9 mn users after removing bots
•Twitter’s advertising revenue jumped 29 percent to $650 million in the third quarter from a year earlier
Russian Twitter bots and trolls spread false information about vaccines: Study
Ians •The Twitter bots and trolls used tactics similar to those at work during the 2016 US elections.
Jack Dorsey is rethinking the way Twitter works, after Alex Jones timeout
•Jack Dorsey is mulling changes to Twitter to limit the spread of fake news and hate speech.
Twitter blocks polling app MyVoteToday's account over behavioral issues
•MyVoteToday in a poll asked people who they want to be silenced and listed names of CMs and others.
Twitter to make login via phone number or email mandatory to fight abusive bots
Tech2 News Staff •New Twitter users will now have to confirm an email address or phone number to register an account.
US to seek control of infected routers to curb alleged Russian cyberattack on Ukraine
•A judge gave FBI permission to seize an internet domain that authorities charge a Russian hacking group known as Sofacy was using to control infected devices.
Russian Twitter bots tried to influence the UK general election results by promoting the Labour Party leader
Ians •The research discovered that in the run up to the election, 6,500 Russian Twitter accounts, many of which are run by Internet robots known as "bots", supported the Labour Party.