Elon Musk: Twitter deal 'can't move forward' until company proves spam numbers

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The Tesla CEO said his deal to buy Twitter can't move forward unless the company shows public proof that less than 5% of the accounts on the platform are fake or spam.

CEO Parag Agrawal, who posted a series of tweets explaining his company’s effort to fight bots and how it has consistently estimated that less than 5% of Twitter accounts are fake., Musk said that "20% fake/spam accounts, while 4 times what Twitter claims, could be much higher. My offer was based on Twitter’s SEC filings being accurate."

FILE IMAGE - Elon Musk enters the 2022 Met Gala Celebrating"In America: An Anthology of Fashion" at the Metropolitan Museum on May 2, 2022, in New York City. Musk tweeted that the Twitter deal was on hold pending confirmationAlso at the All In Summit, Musk gave the strongest hint yet that he would like to pay less for Twitter than the $44 billion offer he made last month.

Musk's comments are likely to bolster theories from analysts that the billionaire either wants out of the deal or to buy the company at a cheaper price. His tweet Tuesday came in reply to one from a Tesla news site speculating that Musk "may be looking for a better Twitter deal as $44 billion seems too high."

 

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Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Let them be pressured to show the world we have been influenced by algorithms & arguing with AI.

I would say its more like 50%. Most of my followers I would think are fake .Especially the Butcoin junkies..

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Musk says Twitter deal halted until company proves spam account numbers“My offer was based on Twitter’s SEC filings being accurate.” Elon Musk said early Tuesday that his deal to buy Twitter will not move forward until the company proves that less than 5 percent of its accounts are fake. Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘cannot move forward’ until it proves bot numbers.... ElonBot 🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂 If lying is free speech, isn’t fakeness? C’mon Elon, do better. Be best. A disguise for a dead Twitter deal. Tesla stock declines saw Musk's wealth evaporate. Hedge funds have enjoyed the ride but it's now over.
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