Deal for Twitter for move forward Even the company shows public prove that less than 5% of the accounts on Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the platform is fake or spammy.
Musk’s statements came hours After it was suggested that he could seek to get less price for The company’s $44 billion initially agreed.
musk made The comment in a reply for another user on Twitter early Tuesday. spend a lot of yesterday in A back and forth with Parag Agrawal, CEO of Twitter, who posted a series of Tweets explaining his company’s efforts to fight robots and how It has been consistently estimated that less than 5% of Fake Twitter accounts.
20% are fake/spam accounts, while 4 times What Twitter claims, could be a lot higher. lean across on “The SEC’s Twitter filings are accurate,” Musk said. in tweet.
Yesterday, the CEO of Twitter publicly rejected it show Evidence – proof of
“This deal can not be move forward So he does. “
After he made his offer on Curb last The week is pending information on Musk said he suspected her of spamming accounts up at least 20% of Users – Compare with Twitter official Estimates of 5%.
You can’t pay the same amount price for “Something much worse than they claimed,” he said at the All-In Summit 2022. in Miami on Monday.
Asked if the Twitter deal was applicable at a different price, Musk said at the conference, “I mean, it’s not out of the question. The more The questions I ask, and more My fears are growing.”
“They claim to have this complex methodology that no one else understands… there can be no such deep enigma, like and more complex of the human soul or something like that like which – which.”
was the arrow on Monday fell more 8% to close at $37.39, down from the day before Musk revealed his stake in Twitter. in In early April, he sowed doubts that the billionaire businessman would go ahead with Acquisition of the agreed price.
Agrawal tweeted on Monday that internal estimates of spam accounts on The social media a program for The last Four quarters were “well below 5%,” in response to days of Musk criticism of company handling of fake accounts.
The Twitter estimate, which has remained the same since 2013, cannot be reproduced externally due to need to use Both public And private information To determine if the account is spam, Agrawal said.
Musk responded to Agrawal defense of methodology with Emoji for tube. “So how Advertisers did know what they get for they money? This is essential to financial health of Twitter “.
Musk pledge changes to Twitter content Moderation practices, railing against decisions like ban it of former President Donald Trump overly Aggressive while vowing to crack down on Spam Bots.
called musk for the exams of random samples of Twitter users to learn about bots. He said: There are some chance It might be over 90% of Daily active users. “
Independent researchers have estimated that anywhere from 9% to 15% of The millions of Twitter profiles are bots. Spam bots or fake accounts are designed To manipulate or artificially enhance an activity on social media Platforms like Twitter. Read more
Twitter no currently Require users to register using they real Identities and explicitly allow automated, parody, and pseudonymous profiles.
It prohibits impersonation and spam, and penalizes accounts when it determines their purpose is to “deceive or manipulate others” by engaging in Scams, coordinate abuse campaigns, or artificially inflate engagement.
Musk’s comments to a private The audience can add concerns about his disclosures of market-moving information.
well-known musk for His candid posts on Twitter, have a long time history of skirmishes with US Securities and Exchange Commission. Recently, an American judge criticized him for tries to escape settlement with The SEC requires supervision of His tweets are Tesla.
