Isevisi ye-microblogging Twitter iqalise ukulwa okukhulu ngokumelene negaxekile, i-trolling nezindaba ezikhohlisayo. Ezinyangeni ezimbili nje kuphela, inkampani ivimbele ama-akhawunti ayizigidi ezingu-70 ezihlobene nomsebenzi ononya, kubhala iWashington Post.
I-Twitter yaqala ukukhubaza ama-spam ama-akhawunti ogaxekile kusukela ngo-Okthoba 2017, kodwa ngo-May 2018 ukuqina okuvimbayo kwanda kakhulu. Uma ngaphambili umsebenzi utholakala njalo ngenyanga futhi ama-akhawunti angama-5 million asolisayo avinjelwe, ekuqaleni kwehlobo lesi sibalo sesifikile amakhasi ayizigidi ezingu-10 ngenyanga.
Ngokusho kwabahlaziyi, ukuhlanza okunjalo kungathinta kakhulu izibalo zokuba khona kwezinsiza. I-Twitter ngokwayo iyavuma lokhu. Ngakho-ke, encwadini ethunyelwe kubanikazi bamasheya, abamele izinsizakalo baxwayiswe ngokudonsa okubonakalayo kwinani labasebenzisi abasebenzayo, okuzobanjwa maduzane. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-Twitter iqiniseka ukuthi esikhathini eside, ukunciphisa umsebenzi ononya kuzoba nethonya elihle ekuthuthukiseni kwesikhulumi.
