Elon Musk Promises ‘Surprise’ For Bots Monday
Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition on March 9, 2020, in Washington.Since his October purchase of Twitter, Musk has changed a variety of policies and fired a large portion of the previous administration’s executives and employees.Sunday morning, Elon Musk tweeted that he has a surprise for Bots on the platform, promising that it would take effect the next day.
That’s my guess: small number of humans with large bot/troll armies. We are shutting down IP addresses of known bad actors today. Should have been done long ago.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 11, 2022
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