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Twitter turns over ‘handles’ of 201 Russia-linked accounts

By RYAN NAKASHIMA sitivity of the investigation. counts and pages to ac-
AP Technology Writer That person added that the counts on its service, Twitter
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — company is working with in- said it had suspended 22
Twitter has handed over vestigators to find informa- accounts that pushed divi-
to Senate investigators the tion that’s useful. sive social or political issues
profile names, or “handles,” The account handles pre- during the 2016 campaign.
of 201 accounts linked to viously hadn’t been sub- It found another 179 relat-
Russian attempts at influ- mitted in part due to legal ed or linked accounts and
encing the 2016 presiden- privacy issues, the person took action against those
tial election. The company said. that violated its spam rules.
has stepped up its efforts to Twitter is set to appear Nov. The company enforces an
cooperate with investiga- 1 before the Senate intel- anti-spam policy against
tors after it was criticized for ligence committee at a bots and human users that
not taking congressional public hearing. exhibit unusual behavior.
probes seriously enough. Both Facebook and Such flags include having
The handover occurred this Google have been invited multiple accounts repeat-
week, according to a per- This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Twitter app on a mobile to testify at the same hear- edly retweet the same
son familiar with the matter phone in Philadelphia. ing. posts or having multiple ac-
who was not authorized to Associated Press Twitter previously uncov- counts follow or block other
speak publicly about it. The company’s policy calls been temporarily stored, or ered the accounts linked to users.
What remains unclear is for removing tweets that a “cached,” by services such Russia’s Internet Research After Twitter’s initial closed-
whether posts associated user deletes on their own. as Google or reposted on Agency — a notorious “troll door briefing with the Sen-
with those accounts have But that policy also states other sites. farm” known for pushing ate committee late last
been deleted from Twitter’s that some tweets can sur- Twitter might be able to out pro-Russian positions month, Virginia Sen. Mark
servers. Politico reported on vive the process. For in- recover some information via fake accounts — by us- Warner — the top Demo-
Friday that the company stance, retweets of deleted about any deleted tweets, ing information provided crat on the committee —
had deleted the tweets in tweets will remain live if the according to another per- by Facebook, which found called the company’s find-
line with its privacy policy. retweeter added a com- son familiar with the situa- 470 Russia-linked pages or ings “frankly inadequate “
Twitter had no comment ment. Twitter also can’t tion who requested ano- accounts. After looking for and “derivative” of Face-
on that report. remove tweets that have nymity because of the sen- patterns linking those ac- book’s work.q

Toyota to highlight reading of

driver emotions at Tokyo show

cy, many automakers will 2020.
be displaying prototypes Japanese rival Honda Mo-
of such technologies at the tor Co. is also showing
auto show, which opens to several concept models
the public on Oct. 28. with similar technologies.
Toyota’s Concept-i series The NeuV can determine
of models, on display at stress levels from drivers’ fa-
the show, is based on the cial expressions and voice
Japanese word for “love,” tones, learning their life-
or “ai,” which sounds like styles and preferences. So
“I’’ in English. The idea is it might make suggestions,
that your car will become “realizing natural commu-
your friend, “more than a nication between driver
machine,” Okabe said. and mobility,” a company
Using cameras to analyze release said.
images of drivers’ faces, a Despite such futuristic talk,
car can deduce if they are the most vehicles around
feeling happy or irritated. the world now can do with
It might expand and con- automated technology
tract a seat to simulate the so far is using sensors to
rhythm of deep breathing change lanes or back safe-
to calm a driver who seems ly into parking lots or stop-
jittery, he said. ping before crashing.q
Toyota Motor Corp. manager Makoto Okabe stands in front of a image of the concept car Since people tend to make
“TOYOTA Concept-i” series Monday Oct. 16, 2017 in Tokyo. certain movements such as
Associated Press yawning or scratching their
By YURI KAGEYAMA Toyota Motor Corp. man- Such a vehicle might adjust cheeks when they’re tired,
AP Business Writer ager Makoto Okabe told drivers’ seats to calm them a vehicle could detect if
TOKYO (AP) — Driving reporters Monday that the when they’re feeling anx- a driver is getting drowsy.
sleepy? Hungry? Toyota will use of artificial intelligence ious or jiggle them to make It might wiggle the seat
be highlighting an array of means cars may get to them more alert when they or trigger an herbal scent
experimental technologies know drivers as human seem sleepy. It might also known to be invigorating,
aimed at improving safety beings by analyzing their suggest a stop at a noodle Okabe explained.
and anticipating drivers’ facial expressions, driving joint along the way. Toyota said it plans to
desires at the Tokyo Motor habits and social media Despite concerns over po- have some of the technol-
Show later this month. use. tential intrusions into priva- ogy ready for road tests by