> But Twitter’s increased suspensions also throw into question its estimate that fewer than 5 percent of its active users are fake or involved in spam, and that

> But Twitter’s increased suspensions also throw into question its estimate that fewer than 5 percent of its active users are fake or involved in spam, and that fewer than 8.5 percent use automation tools that characterize the accounts as bots. Wish they reported this as a percentage of total user base. For comparison, in Nov 2017, FB estimated[1] 60 million accounts, but by May 2018 [2] had disabled 1.3 billion fake accounts. The real question - do these numbers reflect a reality that was always underneath as they enjoyed rapid growth, or is this indicative of greater efforts to use social media platforms nefariously? [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-raises-duplicate-fake-account-estimates-q3-earnings-2017-11 http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-raises-duplicate-fak... [2] https://www.recode.net/2018/5/15/17349790/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-fake-accounts-content-policy-update https://www.recode.net/2018/5/15/17349790/facebook-mark-zuck...