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Former Twitter execs say Elon Musk still owes them $128 million in severance
Four former Twitter executives have filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk alleging $128 million in unpa…
Geoff Weiss
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Twitter jumps after the social media company reportedly plans to give Elon Musk trove of data to disprove bot theory
The Twitter board will let Musk access a massive data stream that's comprised of more than 500 mill…
Matthew Fox
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Elon Musk suggests cutting Twitter offer by proportion of bots and calls its lack of explanation 'very suspicious'
Musk agreed that if 25% of daily active users are fake accounts, the takeover should cost 25% less,…
Ryan Hogg
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Musk's X fixes bug that labelled legit posts as 'sensitive media'
Elon Musk-run X on Monday said it has fixed a bug that caused the platform to incorrectly label num…
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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,…
Matthew Loh
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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…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Elon Musk put his $44 billion Twitter buyout 'on hold.' He could be trying for a better price, buying himself time — or preparing to scrap the deal altogether.
Pressure on Tesla stock, a volatile market, and deal financing issues suggest Musk has got "cold fe…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Elon Musk called Twitter newsfeed algorithms 'manipulative,' prompting a reply from founder Jack Dorsey, who disagreed with the claim
"You are being manipulated by the algorithm in ways you don't realize," Musk said. He told follower…
Ryan Hogg
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Elon Musk said his team is going to do a 'random sample of 100 followers' of Twitter to see how many of the platform's users are actually bots
Elon Musk said his $44 billion Twitter deal is on hold pending his own research to confirm the comp…
Kelsey Vlamis
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A business owner suing Twitter over unpaid bills says the company ignored her and answered her with a bot following Elon Musk's takeover
Norma Miller told Bloomberg that Twitter owes her small business $42,000, and it stopped paying bil…
Pete Syme
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Elon Musk's war against Twitter bots isn't going very well. Next, you'll have to pay to DM those who don't follow you.
Elon Musk introduced Twitter Blue to reduce spam bots, but data seen by the WSJ suggests little has…
Pete Syme
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Twitter employees monitored Elon Musk's jet-tracking account to see when he'd be in the office
Twitter employees monitored Elon Musk's jets via a social-media account to anticipate when their bo…
Grace Kay
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Chinese bots spammed Twitter with porn, which buried news about COVID-19 protests in China, report says
Several previously dormant Chinese-language accounts started flooding the platform with spam, inclu…
Sawdah Bhaimiya
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How a Twitter bot went viral by shaming companies on International Women's Day
The intention behind the bot is clear in its Twitter bio: "Employers, if you tweet about Internatio…
Lindsay Dodgson
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Elon Musk responds to a user saying he and his wife are bots as Twitter drama continues
Reacting to a user who asked if you are also a bot, Musk chuckled: "I'm a bot & so's my wi…
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Elon Musk tried to get rid of Twitter bots by blocking hundreds of thousands of accounts, but accidentally impacted many legitimate users
The main telecom providers in India and Russia were all blocked from Twitter before employees rever…
Pete Syme
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Elon Musk proposes a monthly $100 charge for developers who want to access Twitter's API, saying it would clean up 'bad' bots
Elon Musk said free API was being "abused badly," and suggested a $100 fee, along with ID verificat…
Kate Duffy
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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…
Sarah Jackson
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Elon Musk says X may go behind a paywall for everyone so he can 'combat vast armies of bots'
"It's a longer discussion but this is actually the only defense against armies of bots," Musk said.…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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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…