The world’s richest man has long claimed he abandoned the Twitter deal because it lied about the number of accounts that are fakes/bots. Twitter says it’s around.
What just happened? The latest argument in the Twitter vs. Elon Musk fight has seen the social media company claim the two analyst firms Musk hired to count bots on the platform found fewer than he expected. Twitter lawyers also say the CEO’s legal team has, until recently, been withholding this data.
The world’s richest man has long claimed he abandoned the Twitter deal because it lied about the number of accounts that are fakes/bots. Twitter says it’s around 5%; Musk claims it could be higher than 20%.
On May 13, Musk tweeted that the Twitter deal was on hold while he investigated Twitter’s 5% claim. A month later, Musk said the acquisition was in “serious jeopardy” over the issue.
