Researchers: Elon Musk, who promised to defeat Twitter’s “spam bots or die trying”, has for years benefited from bots, from fake followers to Tesla shills (Washington Post)

Washington Post:
Researchers: Elon Musk, who promised to defeat Twitter’s “spam bots or die trying”, has for years benefited from bots, from fake followers to Tesla shills  —  Mechanized accounts have sought to boost Tesla shares, deride critics and push the pending takeover of Twitter.