Twitter bots advertising guns to users tweet using trigger terms



Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover promised to end internet bots, however, some users are facing a flood of unsolicited replies pushing guns. NBC’s Gadi Schwartz has more on the alarming tweets and the shocking triggers that seems to set these bots off. 
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17 comments

  1. Seriously? People are still trying to prop up #Twitter? Let it DIE.

  2. Wonder why he's only replying to people who use the N word 😂

  3. Well it's not whites buying them, we are a wee bit smarter then that. You buying a gun from someone over Twitter is beyond stupid.

  4. Well, As a Black Person, The Simplest Way To Handle This Is “GET OFF, Twitter “!!!!! Not That Hard To Figure Out!!!!

  5. There is that doctor who said he is a bad doctor in front of his medical students he brought in to speak to me at Springhill.

  6. I haven't been on any social media since trump "won". I cried. Does no one remember that he's a criminal?

  7. The Muskenstien monster with his "great" social skills is the emperor Twit. Lol

  8. I'd guess they're scambots like all the crap that shows up in some youtube comments at times.

  9. Offering people using angry words an angry outlet. Honestly its pretty clever.
    Idk why this is a news-worthy thing.
    I mean i'm gonna get like 15 telegram/whatsapp replies on this message here on youtube.

  10. Elon Musk says freedom of speech but

    always backing extremist conservative Republican ideology.

    He criticizes US government in interview with Chinese media last year.

  11. Lol Twitter is a dumpster fire 🔥

  12. Spirit Halloween gonna open up at the Twitter headquarters by September.

  13. First ? Did I block all of the bots ?