The situation with the purchase of the social network Twitter by Elon Musk is gradually transforming from a legal confrontation into an entertainment show. After Twitter sued Musk over his refusal to buy the social network for $44 billion, his lawyers provided a 165-page document with a list of reasons why he no longer wants to make a deal. But in addition, Musk offered to discuss the situation publicly in order to sort out the so-called Twitter bot problem.
“I hereby challenge @paraga to a public debate about the share of bots on Twitter,” Musk tells all of his 103 million followers. “Let him prove to the public that Twitter has less than 5% fake or spam users every day!”
I hereby challenge @paraga to a public debate about the Twitter bot percentage.
Let him prove to the public that Twitter has <5% fake or spam daily users!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 6, 2022
Musk immediately pinned the tweet to his profile and then polled his followers if they believed Twitter’s argument that less than 5% of monthly active users are “fake/spam”. Among the response options were: “Yes” with three robot emojis (implying that any user who chose this option is also a bot) or “No”. At the time of preparation of the material, the survey has already been completed, and the votes were divided in the proportion of 35.1% “Yes”, 64.9% “No”.
Less than 5% of Twitter daily users are fake/spam
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 6, 2022
It’s unlikely that Musk’s appeal will elicit a direct response from Agrawal or Twitter chairman Bret Taylor, as the actual dispute (before a real judge and jury) is due in court in just a couple of months.
Source: The Verge
- In April 2022, it became known that Elon Musk intends to buy Twitter for $44 billion .
- Later, he tried to reduce the amount of the transaction , citing this decision as an underestimate of the number of spam accounts on the platform.
- The parties were unable to reach an agreement. In June, Musk threatened to pull out of buying Twitter because of a “violation” of the deal, and in July he announced that he was canceling his deal to buy the social network.
- Shortly thereafter, Twitter sued Elon Musk over his refusal to buy the social network for $44 billion.
