Asked about the matter, San Francisco-based Twitter Inc said it was focused on identifying and suspending accounts that violate its spam policies. Reports have also emerged in Thailand of hundreds of fake Twitter accounts being set up to "follow" local influencers and media figures with large numbers of genuine Twitter followers. Twitter bots, accounts that can post, like or resend tweets automatically, are not illegal in Malaysia and seem to be having minimal impact on its election campaign. Reuters was unable to establish where the tweets originated or which firm or individual may be behind the bot accounts. Twitter is not as popular in Malaysia as Facebook, although a lot of political discourse appears on the platform.

Source: Bangkok Post April 21, 2018 08:37 UTC