London (AP) – Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said the deal with the acquisition of Twitter will not proceed unless the company presents public evidence that less than 5% of accounts on the platform are fake or spam.
Musk commented on Twitter in response to another user on Tuesday. He spent most of the past day with Twitter CEO Parag Aggravale, who posted a series of tweets explaining his company’s efforts to fight bots and how he has consistently- rate that less than 5% of Twitter accounts are fake.
Sa His tweet on TuesdayMusk said: “20% of fake / spam accounts, and 4 times more than Twitter claims, could be more. My suggestion is based on the accuracy of Twitter’s SEC files.
20% of fake / spam accounts, and 4 times more than those claimed on Twitter, could be * higher.
My suggestion is based on the accuracy of Twitter’s SEC files.
Yesterday, the Twitter CEO openly denied the evidence
This agreement will not continue until this happens.– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 17, 2022
He added: “The Twitter CEO publicly declined 5% yesterday. This agreement will not continue until it happens.”
At a technology conference in Miami on Monday, Musk estimated that at least 20% of 229 million Twitter accounts are spam bots, a percentage he says is at the low end of his rating. According to Bloomberg News.
Even at the All In Summit, Musk also gave the strongest indication that he wanted to pay less to Twitter than his $ 44 billion offer last month.
He said an effective deal at a low price would not be out of the question, according to a Bloomberg report in which he said he saw a live video of the conference posted by a Twitter user.
Source: Huffpost
