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New BotSight browser extension reveals Twitter bots

New browser extension called BotSight aims to reveal what Twitter accounts are bots or real humans. The extension will display a small icon and a percentage score next to each account to indicate whether it’s classified as a real person or a bot. The machine learning algorithm will look at 20 different characteristics, including how many posts the account has liked, their follower acquisition rate, and the entropy of their name. It can also be used by users to detect if an account is a bot and whether the information should be trusted. For example, the account for BleepingComputer has been classified by Twitter as being 93% likely to be a bot.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-botsight-browser-extension-reveals-twitter-bots/

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