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Elon Musk Says He'll Scrap Twitter Buy Unless He Gets Clarity on Fake Account Volume - www.etonline.com - county Summit
etonline.com
17.05.2022 / 21:57

Elon Musk Says He'll Scrap Twitter Buy Unless He Gets Clarity on Fake Account Volume

Elon Musk says his deal to buy Twitter can't move forward unless the company shows public proof that less than five percent of the accounts on the social media platform are fake or spam.Musk made the comment in a reply to another user on Twitter early Tuesday. He spent much of the previous day in a back-and-forth with Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, who posted a series of tweets explaining his company's effort to fight bots and how it has consistently estimated that less than five percent of Twitter accounts are fake.In his tweet Tuesday, Musk said that «Twenty percent fake/spam accounts, while four times what Twitter claims, could be much higher.

Elon Musk Says Twitter Deal Off Unless Company Shows Proof Of Fake Account Data; Stock Falls Some More - deadline.com
deadline.com
17.05.2022 / 16:23

Elon Musk Says Twitter Deal Off Unless Company Shows Proof Of Fake Account Data; Stock Falls Some More

Elon Musk said overnight that his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter can’t move ahead unless the company backs up statements about the number of fake accounts on the platform, which the company has put at under 5%.

Elon Musk Says Twitter Deal Is 'Temporarily On Hold' - www.etonline.com
etonline.com
13.05.2022 / 18:07

Elon Musk Says Twitter Deal Is 'Temporarily On Hold'

Elon Musk said Friday that his planned $44 billion purchase of Twitter is «temporarily on hold» pending details on spam and fake accounts on the social media platform, another twist amid signs of internal turmoil over the proposed acquisition.In a tweet, the Tesla billionaire linked to a Reuters story from May 2 citing a financial filing from Twitter that estimated false or spam accounts made up fewer than 5% of the company's «monetizable daily active users» in the first quarter.«Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users,» Musk said, indicating he's skeptical that the number of inauthentic accounts is that low.A short time later on Friday morning, Musk tweeted that he remains committed to the purchase. Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of usershttps://t.co/Y2t0QMuuynIt wasn't clear whether the issue could scuttle the deal. Shares of both Twitter and Tesla swung sharply in opposite directions, with Twitter's stock tumbling 17% to $37.20 before trading opened in the U.S, and Tesla, which Musk had proposed using to help fund the Twitter deal, jumping 5%.

Twitter’s Spam/Bot Boilerplate, Which Elon Musk Says He’s Paused Deal Over, Goes Back Nearly a Decade - variety.com
variety.com
13.05.2022 / 17:23

Twitter’s Spam/Bot Boilerplate, Which Elon Musk Says He’s Paused Deal Over, Goes Back Nearly a Decade

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorIs Elon Musk getting cold feet over his $44 billion bid for Twitter — or is he just trying to drive the price tag down?Early Friday, the mega-billionaire tweeted that his deal for the social network was “temporarily on hold,” citing the need to conduct due diligence on Twitter’s claim that fake and spam accounts represent less than 5% of its active user base. He linked to a Reuters story based on Twitter’s latest quarterly 10-Q with the information.However, that disclosure has been in Twitter’s SEC filings for years — literally since the company first went public in 2013.

Elon Musk Puts Twitter Deal On Hold - Here's Why - www.justjared.com
justjared.com
13.05.2022 / 17:07

Elon Musk Puts Twitter Deal On Hold - Here's Why

Elon Musk has announced that he has paused his deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion.

Elon Musk Says Twitter Deal ‘Temporarily on Hold,’ Stock Drops 20% - thewrap.com
thewrap.com
13.05.2022 / 13:49

Elon Musk Says Twitter Deal ‘Temporarily on Hold,’ Stock Drops 20%

tweeted. Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of usershttps://t.co/Y2t0QMuuynMusk’s tweet referenced a May 2 news story about a Twitter regulatory filing that claimed that spam and fake accounts — something that Musk had vowed to crack down on on the platform — accounted for less than 5% of all the 229 million daily active users who are served advertising.

Elon Musk Says Twitter Deal “On Hold” Following Spam Account Revelation - deadline.com
deadline.com
13.05.2022 / 13:33

Elon Musk Says Twitter Deal “On Hold” Following Spam Account Revelation

Elon Musk has said his $44BN deal for Twitter is “temporarily on hold” as he awaits details on the social media platform’s revelation that fewer than 5% of its monetizable daily active users are false or spam accounts.

Twitter Deal ‘Temporarily on Hold,’ Says Elon Musk - variety.com - Ukraine
variety.com
13.05.2022 / 13:15

Twitter Deal ‘Temporarily on Hold,’ Says Elon Musk

Naman Ramachandran The Twitter deal is temporarily on hold, billionaire Elon Musk posted on Friday.“Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users,” Musk posted on Twitter.Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of usershttps://t.co/Y2t0QMuuyn— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 13, 2022In the tweet, Musk provided a link to a May 2 Reuters article quoting Twitter’s filing on Monday. “Twitter Inc estimated in a filing on Monday that false or spam accounts represented fewer than 5% of its monetizable daily active users during the first quarter,” the Reuters piece said.Musk has been vocal about cleaning the platform of spam bots.

Twitter CEO Fires Two Top Execs Amid Hiring Freeze; SEC Said To Be Probing Elon Musk Share Purchases - deadline.com
deadline.com
12.05.2022 / 22:13

Twitter CEO Fires Two Top Execs Amid Hiring Freeze; SEC Said To Be Probing Elon Musk Share Purchases

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has cut loose two top executives and announced a hiring freeze ahead of the company’s acquisition by Elon Musk, whose share purchases are reportedly being investigated by the SEC.

Elon Musk Says He Would Reverse Twitter’s Ban Of Donald Trump - etcanada.com
etcanada.com
11.05.2022 / 05:19

Elon Musk Says He Would Reverse Twitter’s Ban Of Donald Trump

Elon Musk said Twitter would reverse its ban of former President Donald Trump if his purchase of the social media company goes through, signaling just how permissive the platform could become toward free speech under his ownership.

Elon Musk Says He Would End Twitter’s Ban on Donald Trump - deadline.com
deadline.com
10.05.2022 / 21:19

Elon Musk Says He Would End Twitter’s Ban on Donald Trump

Elon Musk confirmed what has been speculated since he reached a deal to buy out Twitter: He’d allow Donald Trump to return to the platform.

Elon Musk Says He Would Reverse Twitter’s Donald Trump Ban - variety.com
variety.com
10.05.2022 / 21:03

Elon Musk Says He Would Reverse Twitter’s Donald Trump Ban

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorCould Donald Trump return to Twitter after all?Elon Musk, who has reached a $44 billion deal to acquire Twitter, said the social network’s permanent ban on the 45th U.S. president was a “morally bad decision” — one that he would overturn, if Musk successfully closes the deal.Twitter’s ban of Trump “was a mistake because it alienated a large part of the county and did not ultimately result in Donald Trump not having a voice,” Musk said, speaking at a Financial Times automotive conference, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.Musk also said, “If there are tweets that are wrong and bad, those should be either deleted or made invisible, and a suspension — a temporary suspension — is appropriate, but not a permanent ban.” Trump has insisted he wouldn’t rejoin Twitter regardless of who owns it.

Elon Musk Says “Expectations” Of Twitter Employees Will Be “Extreme” Following Takeover - deadline.com
deadline.com
08.05.2022 / 05:35

Elon Musk Says “Expectations” Of Twitter Employees Will Be “Extreme” Following Takeover

Elon Musk took to Twitter on Friday to offer a sense of his vision for the social media platform, after the acquisition goes through, also offering a sense of what its employees can expect, with regard to work life under his leadership.

Meek Mill asks “big homie” Elon Musk to let him invest in Twitter - www.nme.com
nme.com
06.05.2022 / 22:21

Meek Mill asks “big homie” Elon Musk to let him invest in Twitter

Meek Mill has asked “big homie” Elon Musk to let him get in on his recent Twitter investment.The Tesla founder and entrepreneur successfully acquired the social media platform last month (April 25) for approximately $44billion (£34.5b).His offer was initially turned down by Twitter, which put a “poison pill” measure in place to stop a takeover attempt by Musk. However, the two parties later entered talks before the deal entered its final stages of negotiations.Mill has now publicly tweeted Musk and asked him directly if there’s any room for him to get in on the deal.“Elon musk let us invest in Twitter with you ‘big homie,’” Mill wrote, as you can see below.

Elon Musk Is Courting Ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for His Investment Team - thewrap.com - Saudi Arabia
thewrap.com
05.05.2022 / 17:25

Elon Musk Is Courting Ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for His Investment Team

leaned into censoring certain users and content in the months leading up to his resignation.How things have already changed.Dorsey is among a new group of investors being floated by Elon Musk, the free-speech champion massing billions to complete his purchase Twitter, to participate as an investor in his private version of the company, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing from Thursday.The more than $7 billion in new money includes 19 investors, some of whom are current Twitter shareholders – including Larry Ellison, Sequoia Capital, Qatar Holding, and Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud of Saudi Arabia. Equity commitments range from $1 billion (Ellison) on down to $5 million (Honeycomb Asset Management).It wasn’t immediately clear how the $7 billion would fit into the standing $44 billion offer that Musk made for the company, which was accepted late last month.

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