Elon Musk’s dispute with Twitter over bots puts deal at risk, but social media company intends to complete merger | South China Morning Post


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Elon Musk’s proposed acquisition of Twitter Inc may fall apart over his doubts that the company is accurately reporting the number of spam bots on the service, according to a report, even as company executives reiterated the number is low and tried to better explain how they calculate the figures. Twitter has repeatedly said that spam bots represent less than 5 per cent of its total user base. Musk, meanwhile, has complained that the number is much higher, and has threatened to walk away from his agreement to buy the company for US$44 billion until he gets confirmation about Twitter’s...