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Elon Musk threatens Twitter to cancel takeover over too many fake accounts

New episode in the Elon Musk vs Twitter case. While the true number of fake accounts was revealed yesterday, which turns out to be much higher than that claimed by the company, the billionaire said he refuses to pursue the takeover until the platform clearly discloses what is on this subject.

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Nothing is going well between Elon Musk and Twitter. It all started on May 13. The billionaire takes everyone by surprise by announcing to pause the historic takeover of the social network. In question: a number of fake accounts deemed too high, which could undermine the investment of advertisers. Twitter then retorted that this proportion is actually minimal, since it would represent only 5% of the total accounts on the platform.

But Elon Musk does not believe it and therefore decides to conduct his own study on his side, revealing in passing some confidential information to the chagrin of Twitter. Unfortunately for the latter, the results are ambiguous to say the least. Indeed, the study claims that there are actually more than 20% of fake accounts on the social network. Thunderclap: the situation escalates between Elon Musk and Twitter.

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In response, Parag Agrawal, the CEO of Twitter, said that the method used by Elon Musk and his teams could not lead to reliable results. For this, it would rather be necessary to analyze confidential data, which only Twitter has. What the main concerned replied, with all the sobriety that we know him … a poo emoji. The billionaire even went even further this morning, tweeting this:

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“20% fake/spam accounts, although 4 times what Twitter claims, could be *much* higher. My offer was based on the accuracy of Twitter’s filings with the SEC. Yesterday, the CEO of Twitter publicly refused to show proof of <5%. This deal can't move forward until it does. » If Elon Musk has already said that he does not intend to end the takeover, it is clear that the two parties were right to prepare their backs in the event of cancellation.

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