When social media accounts suddenly gain numbers, what has happened? Pickr is called in to talk about bots and fake social accounts.
It’s never a dull day for politics, and one such day has seen a political figure grow their account by over 50,000 followers in one day. The likelihood of this happening naturally is unlikely, so what could it be: a hack, an attack, or something made for purpose and an artificial injection of fake users?
Pickr’s Leigh Stark talks with 3AW Drive’s Jacqui Felgate to talk about how social media accounts can be gamed, how it works, and the likelihood that it’s a hack from March 2, 2026.
