Tesla boss Elon Musk said Tuesday, May 17, that the takeover of Twitter would not come to an end until he was guaranteed that less than 5% of the accounts on the platform were fake.
"The executive director of Twitter yesterday refused to prove that less than 5% of the accounts were fake," tweeted Elon Musk, who has nearly 94 million subscribers on the social network.
"Until he does, the transaction cannot go forward," he added.
Elon Musk refers to the explanations provided Monday by Parag Agrawal, the boss of Twitter, on the measures taken to fight against spam and fake accounts.
The whimsical entrepreneur had responded with an emoji in the shape of poop.
"The real number could be *much* higher"
Speaking by video at a conference Monday, Elon Musk also estimated that fake accounts represented at least 20% of Twitter users, according to the Bloomberg agency and tweets from people present at this event.
Elon Musk had already announced, last Friday, to suspend the acquisition of the company, which he wishes to buy for 44 billion dollars, before rectifying the shooting a few hours later by specifying that he was "still engaged" to carry out the operation.
"20% fake accounts and spam is four times what Twitter claims, but the real number could be much higher," he tweeted on Tuesday.
Contacted by AFP, Twitter did not react immediately to the last projection of the whimsical entrepreneur.
The action of the group fell 3.5% in electronic trading before the opening of Wall Street.
With AFP
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