Tech tycoon Elon Musk announced that he was temporarily halting the deal with Twitter. The reason for this decision is due to that you believe a review of fake and spam accounts circulating on the platform is necessary. To do this, he publicly requested proof that his fake accounts do not exceed 5% of the total number of users. Musk claimed that he believed they represented at least 20%, against official estimates.
These doubts about the acquisition of the social network have caused the shares to fall last Monday more than 8%, to close at 37.39 dollars, being one of the lowest levels since Musk revealed his participation in the company at the beginning. of April.
Controversy with the CEO of Twitter
In response to the accusations, the CEO of Twitter, Parag Agrawalexplained why there are around 5% of fake accounts on the social network.
Twitter’s estimate, which has remained the same since 2013, has not been externally verified given the need to use public and private information to determine whether an account is spam.
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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 16, 2022
Elon Musk’s response was not long in coming, he responded with the famous emoji in the form of poop. After that, Musk threw another question again: “So how do advertisers know what they are getting for their money? This is critical to the financial health of Twitter.”
In this thread on Twitter, Agrawal indicated that More than half a million spam accounts are suspended every day, even before they start sharing content on the platform.
