The Rise of Sexbots: How to Protect Your Social Network from Fake Accounts and Spam

2023-11-25 16:49:17

It’s a scourge. The comment areas of social networks are invaded by these fake accounts which post messages promoting your content. “Your video was a great help to me”, “I send you all my gratitude for this quality content! » or even “I really miss your videos, might you consider posting more regularly? »

Most of the time, a photo of a naked woman illustrates the account profile. These are “sexbots”, ghost accounts whose main objective is marketing. For example to develop the audience of a pornographic site. You click on the profile that made the comment and you are redirected to an OnlyFans account, or any other similar site. The more clicks there are on the account, the more it is promoted by the site. In other cases, these bots can also be used to collect personal data.

With some programming knowledge, these robots capable of interacting with Internet users are quite quick to create, but their lifespan remains very limited. Because they are quickly spotted by the platforms which immediately delete them, before others take over…

On YouTube, 13 million channels were deleted for spam or scams in the second half of 2023, and more than six hundred thousand for sex and nudity. These are the two categories concerned by “sexbots”. A fierce battle is therefore underway on the platform side. For your part, if you want to get rid of them, start by making your account private and don’t hesitate to report the comments from “sexbots” that you read, the accounts will be deactivated fairly quickly.

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