Instagram has fewer fake comments today after the company shut down Instagress, an automated Instagram bot, by request earlier this week. Liking and commenting on other images is a popular way to both ...

With Instagram comes the Instagram bot accounts that plague our timelines, comment sections, and more. MarketingDive even calculated that there could be as many as 95 million bot accounts on Instagram ...

A Manhattan data scientist is turning the social media influencer world on its head by revealing that he created a bot that not only runs a successful Manhattan-themed Instagram account on its own, ...

The Information's report about Instagram bots shows that fake accounts remain rampant on social media platforms. The issue is particularly concerning for marketers that pay for endorsements based on ...

Instagram is engaging in an epic battle of the bots — but instead of a clash of steel, this fight is quietly pitting social media against non-human interactions. After shutting down the bot platform ...

IRANIAN women’s rights groups have for months faced a deluge of bots following their Instagram accounts and disrupting their digital outreach operations. Activists say that while they have repeatedly ...

All websites have problems with spam. Many of the large clients I work with have spammers hitting them daily. This is no different for the mammoth players like Instagram. If you’re unfamiliar with ...

Instagram is planning to boot out suspicious accounts, including bots, by verification through government IDs. The company’s idea is to control “potential inauthentic behavior,” presumably to stop ...

Adi Robertson is a senior tech and policy editor focused on VR, online platforms, and free expression. Adi has covered video games, biohacking, and more for The Verge since 2011. Facebook has sued a ...

Meta has acknowledged that it used public posts on its Facebook and Instagram platforms to train its new artificial intelligence virtual assistant. Meta President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg said ...