{"id":16648,"date":"2022-05-17T18:29:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T13:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=16648"},"modified":"2022-05-17T18:29:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T13:29:35","slug":"elon-musk-cautions-that-without-false-account-proof-the-twitter-transaction-will-be-stuck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/05\/17\/elon-musk-cautions-that-without-false-account-proof-the-twitter-transaction-will-be-stuck\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk cautions that without false account proof, the Twitter transaction will be stuck."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Elon Musk has suggested that a disagreement over the number of phoney accounts on Twitter could jeopardize his $44 billion proposal to buy the social media network<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Musk stated on Twitter that the purchase “cannot proceed forward” unless Twitter proves that less than 5% of accounts are false or spam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CEO of Twitter has rebutted suggestions that the figure is inflated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Analysts have theorized that Mr Musk is attempting to renegotiate the deal’s price or walk away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Musk stated on Monday that he may seek a cheaper price for Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He and the board of Twitter agreed to buy the company for $44 billion (\u00a334.5 billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Musk tweeted on Tuesday that his bid for the company was based on Twitter’s “accurate” statements to regulators regarding phoney accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Musk claimed that Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal had “publicly refused to present proof” that less than 5% of the company’s accounts were bogus, and that the agreement “cannot move forward” until Mr Agrawal provides proof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tweet from Mr Musk<\/a> then appeared to be deleted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The billionaire, who also owns Tesla, estimates that 20 percent or more of the accounts are bogus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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