Internal Estimates of spam accounts on Twitter for The last Four quarters were “much less than 5%,” social media The platform’s CEO, Parag Agrawal, tweeted on Monday, responding to criticism from acquirer Elon Musk of company handling of fake accounts.
Agrawal said Twitter’s estimate, which has remained the same since 2013, cannot be reproduced externally given the need to use Both public And private information Determines if the account is spam.
musk , who on Friday said his deal was $44 billion for buy Twitter was “temporary on Comment ‘pending information on Agrawal’s spam accounts answered defense of Company 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 wrote.
Follow Twitter exchange shares on Monday fell below Levels Preceding Disclosure by Misk of 9.2% share in company in beginning of April. The shares they were down 7.7% at $37.50 a share in afternoon trade. This compares to closing price of USD 39.31 on April 1 last trading A day before Musk revealed his share.
Musk pledge changes to Twitter content Moderation practices, railing against decisions like ban company of former President Donald Trump overly Aggressive while vowing to crack down on “spam bots” on Platform.
called musk for the exams of random samples of Twitter users have to identify bots, or bot accounts, and he said he hasn’t yet seen “any” analysis for it shows Make spam accounts up less than 5% of user base.
Musk said on Sunday, “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 automated accounts or bots.
Twitter no currently Require users to register using they real Identities, bots, parodies, and pseudonyms are expressly permitted on the service.
It prohibits impersonation and spam, and penalizes accounts when the company determines their purpose is “to deceive or manipulate others” by engaging in in Scams, coordinate abuse campaigns, or artificially inflate engagement.
