Elon Musk Says Twitter Deal Could Move Ahead If Company Confirms ‘Spam Bot' Info

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Elon Musk said Saturday his planned $44 billion takeover of Twitter should move forward if the company can confirm some details about how it measures whether user accounts are ‘spam bots’ or real people.

Musk, who has more than 100 million Twitter followers, went on to challenge Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to a"public debate about the Twitter bot percentage.”

Twitter declined comment Saturday. The company has repeatedly disclosed to the Securities and Exchange Commission an estimate that fewer than 5% of user accounts are fake or spam, with a disclaimer that it could be higher. Musk waived his right to further due diligence when he signed the April merger agreement.

Twitter has argued in court that Musk is deliberately trying to tank the deal because market conditions have deteriorated and the acquisition no longer serves his interests. In a court filing Thursday,

 

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44 billion? Its an exaggeration, for an almost garbage application 🤔 Do not buy anything Elon Musk 🚨

He's just another republican crybaby

cwebbonline Aliens are ‘real’…

cwebbonline Oh stop. He is NOT buying twitter. He has been trying to find a way out for months.

Can we first confirm if ElonMusk is an Alien or not? 😂

I couldn’t care less.

Someone needs to examine how many bots he relies on to amplify his tweets and affect stock prices of businesses he mentions. The understaffed SEC has been behind in fining him for that blatant fraud and egregious, open manipulation.

Trying to extract a trade secret while stalling in fulfilling his contractual duty to close a deal after making an offer, after buying bots and manipulating Twitters stock price (as well as crypto stocks previously, prob to raise more cash to buy TWTR with) is a study in fraud.

Given some of his more recent posts, Elon Musk's own account could be considered a 'spam bot'

Boo hiss.

with 571k followers can barely ever break 10 likes.

This movie is getting good 🍿

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