A spokesperson for Twitter today said that the follower counts is a visible feature and the company has a zero-tolerance approach to platform manipulation and spam. Following a report on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s letter to Twitter chief executive officer Parag Aggarwal over his follower count, the social media company today assured that the numbers are accurate.
The Twitter spokesperson said, the company fight spam and malicious automation strategically and at scale with machine learning tools, and as part of those consistent and ongoing efforts to ensure a healthy service and credible accounts, follower counts can and do fluctuate.
The spokesperson said that Twitter removes millions of accounts each week for violating the company’s policies on platform manipulation and spam.
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