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Musk Twitter Deal May Collapse Over Bots, Report Says
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0:17Now PlayingElon Musk’s plan to buy Twitter is reportedly in jeopardy. Again.
The social networking company held a media call Thursday morning to talk about how it measures spam bots on the service, an issue that has become a significant factor in Musk’s planned $44 billion acquisition. Twitter says spam bots are a small part of the company’s total user base – less than 5% – but Musk believes the number is much higher.
It’s a significant disagreement, because Musk has said repeatedly that he might walk away from the purchase if Twitter doesn’t do more to prove that bots are indeed the small problem that the company claims. On Thursday afternoon, that threat was issued yet again when the Washington Post reported that the deal was in jeopardy because Musk’s team didn’t feel Twitter’s bot numbers were verifiable.
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