Botnets adapt in wake of Twitter crackdown

Twitter botnets are having to adapt their behavior in the wake of the platform’s crackdown. NBC News reports that on Thursday the platform suspended hundreds of accounts acting in a network to tweet messages of support for Saudi Arabia in the wake of the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Experts quoted in the report said that the bots operated in a way that allowed them to “fly under the radar” to avoid Twitter’s bans.Turkish investigators have claimed that Kh