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Twitter Ethics: Lawsuits, Spam-Bots and You

Twitter Ethics: Lawsuits, Spam-Bots and You

Apr 13, 2012

Twitter announced last week that they planned to tighten restrictions on spamming and automation. Normally this is publicly considered good news by everyone affected, but there have been several bloggers and pundits denounce the move. Instead of increasing penalties or targeting the actual spammers, Twitter has filed lawsuits against five 3rd party developers...