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Nearly half of Elon Musk's 90 million Twitter followers are 'fake'

According to Twitter auditing tool SparkToro, of Musk's 87.9 million followers (at the time of the research audit), roughly 48 per cent are fake, reports Time

Mobile users in US get spam texts from own numbers amid Russian threat

In some users' case, the spam link forwarded them to Channel One Russia, a Russian state media network: Report

India made over 202 mn spam calls between Jan to Oct: Report

Truecaller said in a statement that it has been able to help its 300 million users around the world identify and block 37.8 billion spam calls

India ranking in global scam report goes up to 4th position: Truecaller

The report said over 202 million spam calls were made by just one spammer in India this year. That's over 664,000 calls every day and 27,000 calls every hour of every day.

India stands 9th among 20 most spammed countries in 2020

Only three years ago, India ranked as the most spammed country in the world.

This techie's app gives you a 'Doosra' mobile number to bowl spammers out

The app a dummy, virtual mobile number you can use instead of your original, to fend off spammers and telemarketers, thereby reducing the risks of getting defrauded as well

Facebook fixes bug that blocked coronavirus news coverage, restores posts

Earlier, Facebook users complained that links to news stories about school closings and other information related to the coronavirus outbreak were blocked by the company's automated system

India second most affected country by spam calls in 2018, says Truecaller

Truecaller said it identified and blocked 17.7 billion spam calls globally this year