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Twitter chief says the company suspends over half a million spam accounts each day as Elon Musk puts his acquisition deal on hold

Parag Agrawal began his tweets by saying that Twitter is “strongly incentivized to detect and re…

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Elon Musk says Twitter deal cannot move forward until Parag Agrawal proves less than 5% spam account claim

Musk has shared a report that claims that the Tesla cofounder during a tech conference in Miami …

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Donald Trump Jr says Twitter got 'busted' for having a huge number of spam accounts after Elon Musk walks away

Donald Trump Jr said the number of fake accounts is "probably 50%" and "not 5%" shortly after the T…

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Elon Musk trolls Twitter by posting emojis after it sues him for walking away from $44 billion takeover

Elon Musk appears to mock Twitter's claims of how many spam accounts are on the platform with emoji…

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Elon Musk's obsession with tweeting just notoriously backfired and may damn him in court against Twitter

Twitter filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to force Elon Musk to complete the $44 billion deal to purchase …

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Elon Musk said repricing his Twitter deal for less is 'not out of the question,' according to report

Elon Musk reportedly said it was not "out of the question" that he might try to pay less to acquire…

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Elon Musk challenges Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to 'a public debate' on the company's bot data

Musk has accused Twitter of having more bots and fake accounts than it lets on and claims it's with…

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More than 23% of Elon Musk's Twitter followers are spam or fake accounts, research groups say

The analysis was based on a system of 17 warning signals that point to an account being suspicious,…

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Elon Musk tweeted to say that his Twitter deal is 'temporarily on hold'

The Tesla CEO said the deal was on hold pending verification of a report that spam accounts make up…

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Elon Musk says Twitter's legal team told him he broke his NDA by revealing its sample size for fake accounts

Elon Musk told Twitter users they are "being manipulated" by its algorithm after reviewing its proc…

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Twitter CEO explains why finding bots in a random sample of 100 users won't work. Elon Musk replies with poop emoji.

Elon Musk's deal to buy Twitter is on hold due to spam accounts, but CEO Parag Agrawal disagrees wi…

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Twitter is locking accounts posing as Elon Musk in an effort to fight cryptocurrency scams

A Twitter spokesman told Business Insider: "As part of our continuing efforts to combat spam and ma…

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Trump says there is 'no way' Elon Musk is going to buy Twitter now

Former President Donald Trump used Truth Social to respond to the news that Tesla CEO Elon Musk's T…

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Elon Musk says $44 billion Twitter takeover could go ahead if it gives details of fake accounts

Elon Musk and Twitter are suing each other after he walked away from a $44 billion takeover deal bl…

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Elon Musk puts $44 billion Twitter deal on hold over fake accounts

Elon Musk has announced that his $44 billion acquisition of social media giant has been put on hold…

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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says 'very smart' Elon Musk should 'clean up Twitter' and remove bot accounts

Jamie Dimon expressed concerns about the number of spam accounts on Twitter – an issue which has pl…

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After filing countersuit against Twitter, Elon Musk says 'interaction with almost all Twitter accounts seem to be much lower' lately

Elon Musk's remarks come a day after he filed a countersuit against Twitter in an ongoing legal bat…

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Elon Musk says $44 billion Twitter deal can't proceed until CEO proves the platform has fewer than 5% fake accounts

"My offer was based on Twitter's SEC filings being accurate," Musk tweeted Tuesday, again taking is…

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