Twitter, the platform formally known as X, has a bot problem. If you want to see just how bad it is, I’ll teach you the magic words that summon the machines. For the past year, Don Marti has been ...

It’s unclear what the cause of the problems was. The Downdector page for X showed a concentration of problem reports from the New York metro area. X/Twitter has had sporadic technical issues on the ...

For years it’s been obvious that online social services of all kinds are beset by a problem with bots. I work on a cybersecurity product that can go inline and literally watch bot traffic, and too ...