Friday’s Adalytics report about ads being served en masse to known bots leaves plenty of unanswered questions. But they mainly boil down to this: How could so many different verification providers and ...

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman caused a stir when he told a tech show that the platform was considering some form of ID verification to combat bots. Now Huffman has officially addressed the issues in a ...

Reddit Inc. plans to introduce bot identification and labelling on its platform, stepping up efforts to curb automated accounts as artificial intelligence reshapes online conversations and strains ...

PCWorld reports that Reddit is exploring identity verification methods including Face ID, Touch ID, and third-party services to combat its growing bot problem. The initiative aims to authenticate real ...

Reddit is updating its platform with bot labelling and limited human verification prompts, while continuing to focus on user anonymity ...

Amid a rise in harassment campaigns carried out by automated bots, companies like Twitch are resorting to a more targeted approach—less “ban hammer,” and more like a bunch of little ban daggers.

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Would-be Reddit competitor Digg just shut down because it couldn’t get a handle on the bots overrunning its site. On Wednesday, Reddit said it’s taking on the challenge itself. The company will begin ...