Elon Musk has again stated his Twitter deal ‘cannot move forward’ until the social media company shows proof of its spam account figures.
The Tesla CEO, who last month offered $44billion for the tech platform, disputes their claims that bots represent around five per cent of their users, believing the figures could be ‘much higher’ than 20 per cent.
The world’s richest man fired off a tweet this morning stating: ‘20% fake/spam accounts, while 4 times what Twitter claims, could be *much* higher.
‘My offer was based on Twitter’s SEC filings being accurate. Yesterday, Twitter’s CEO publicly refused to show proof of <5%. This deal cannot move forward until he does.’
In a follow-up tweet, Musk speculated that bots could make up at least half of Twitter’s users, more than 10 times the company’s official estimate.
The latest tweet directed at Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal comes amid a bitter public row between the pair after Musk tweeted a poop emoji at the tech boss yesterday.
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