Asif A Khan LONDON
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The Follower Factory
Everyone wants to be popular online.
Some even pay for it.
Inside social media’s black market.
Read: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/27/technology/social-media-bots.html
The New York attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, on Saturday opened an investigation into a company that sold millions of fake followers on social media platforms, some of them copying real users’ personal information.
The company, Devumi, and its sale of automated followers to a swath of celebrities, sports stars, journalists and politicians, was detailed in a New York Times article published earlier on Saturday. While based in Florida, Devumi claims on its website to be based in New York City.
Read: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/technology/schneiderman-social-media-bots.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/cheryl...h-on-social-medias-black-market/#4458fa3e2109
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/28/...estigation-fake-followers-social-media-devumi
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/54480...er-followers-james-cracknell-martha-lane-fox/
http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2018/01/sh...brities-may-be-buying-social-media-followers/
https://www.mediaite.com/online/meet-the-media-people-desperate-enough-to-buy-twitter-followers/
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...-did-paul-hollywood-get-his-twitter-followers
https://slate.com/technology/2018/0...s-the-mechanics-of-shame-on-social-media.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...-twitter-0130-chicago-inc-20180129-story.html
https://twitter.com/AGSchneiderman/status/957289783490957312
The guy is a member of BHW
https://devumi.com/
@Devumi
https://www.blackhatworld.com/members/devumi.912042/
Everyone wants to be popular online.
Some even pay for it.
Inside social media’s black market.
Read: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/27/technology/social-media-bots.html
The New York attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, on Saturday opened an investigation into a company that sold millions of fake followers on social media platforms, some of them copying real users’ personal information.
The company, Devumi, and its sale of automated followers to a swath of celebrities, sports stars, journalists and politicians, was detailed in a New York Times article published earlier on Saturday. While based in Florida, Devumi claims on its website to be based in New York City.
Read: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/technology/schneiderman-social-media-bots.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/cheryl...h-on-social-medias-black-market/#4458fa3e2109
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/28/...estigation-fake-followers-social-media-devumi
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/54480...er-followers-james-cracknell-martha-lane-fox/
http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2018/01/sh...brities-may-be-buying-social-media-followers/
https://www.mediaite.com/online/meet-the-media-people-desperate-enough-to-buy-twitter-followers/
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...-did-paul-hollywood-get-his-twitter-followers
https://slate.com/technology/2018/0...s-the-mechanics-of-shame-on-social-media.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...-twitter-0130-chicago-inc-20180129-story.html
https://twitter.com/AGSchneiderman/status/957289783490957312
The guy is a member of BHW
https://devumi.com/
@Devumi
https://www.blackhatworld.com/members/devumi.912042/