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Simon Hunt

BIZARRE: Elon musk says twitter takeover cannot move forward until bot numbers verified - What They Never Told You

Elon Musk said his bid to buy Twitter is on hold ‘temporarily’ (Evan Agostini/AP)

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Elon Musk has stoked speculation he may walk away from his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter after tweeting he would not proceed until he had proof that fewer than 5% of accounts on Twitter were fake or spam.

The billionaire tweeted: “My offer was based on Twitter’s SEC filings being accurate. Yesterday, Twitter’s CEO publicly refused to show proof of (less than) 5%. This deal cannot move forward until he does.”

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