Spam “Hacks” in Among Us (2020)
Summary: From August to October of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic had no end in sight and plenty of people were still stuck at home, on lockdown, unable to gather […]
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Scammers targeting Scrabble chat (2020)
Summary: In the spring of 2020, Mattel and Hasbro announced that the official mobile version of the game Scrabble would no longer be the game produced by Electronic Arts, but […]
Usenet has to figure out how to deal with spam (April 1994)
An early form of borderline deceptive commercial content inundating Usenet newsgroups causes an uproar among users. Summary: In the early 1990s, facing increased pressure from the commercial sector who sensed […]
Stopping malware in search leads to unsupported claims of bias (2007)
Lack of transparency into Google’s process for labeling compromised websites leads to criticism about bias. Google responds to address webmasters’ concerns. Summary: As detailed in a thorough oral history in Wired back […]
Twitter acts to remove accounts for violating the terms of service by buying/selling engagement (March 2018)
Users exploit Tweetdeck to artificially boost content virility, prompting an evaluation of policies and enforcement against spam. Summary: After an investigation by BuzzFeed uncovered several accounts trafficking in paid access to […]