The Twitter Purge: How Many Followers Trump, Nicki Minaj and Others Lost – The New York Times

On Thursday, Twitter began slashing tens of millions of suspicious accounts from users’ followers, after mounting skepticism from advertisers and users about the accuracy of the company’s most visible measure of popularity.
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