uSocial: Celebs Faking Number of Twitter Followers

Brace yourself for some bad news. Justin Bieber doesn't actually have 3.6 million Twitter followers—he's faking it.

At least, that's the claim from social media marketing company uSocial. The Australian firm says it has "substantial evidence" that many celebrities—including Bieber, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Martha Stewart, and even Barack Obama—are artificially increasing their number of followers. No word on how uSocial gathered this information—thanks to the time difference, a rep wasn't...