[liberationtech] Fake Accounts Still Plague Instagram Despite Purge, Study Finds

[Andrea St]

Dear LibTech,

I'd love to share my latest research with you

"Last December, Instagram said it had purged millions of fake accounts, in
an effort to provide more accurate numbers to marketers. Now, Italian
security researchers say about 8% of Instagram accounts appear to be run by
computer-generated “bots.” "

Read all:
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/06/30/fake-accounts-still-plague-instagram-despite-purge-study-finds/?mod=ST1

best,
A
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Andrea Stroppa
http://huffingtonpost.com/andrea-stroppa
@andst7
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