First, Brad Greenspan, the founder of the social networking site MySpace, argues that it would have been easier for Elon Musk to build his own ‘Twitter clone’ than to buy the platform.
Elon Musk has been told by Twitter’s legal team that he has violated a non-disclosure agreement after he previously tweeted about how the company investigates bot accounts, he tweeted Saturday.
“Twitter legal just called to complain that I violated their NDA by disclosing bot check sample size 100!” “It actually happened,” Musk tweeted.
Musk is in the process of finalizing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter and is considering a public filing, including the number of bot users on the platform, which he has promised to remove once the company takes control .
Twitter Legal just called to complain that I violated their NDA by disclosing bot check sample size 100!
It actually happened.
Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 14 May 2022
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After an internal review, Twitter told Musk that the bot accounts for less than 5 percent of its users.
“Twitter deal temporarily pending details supports calculation that spam/fake accounts actually represent less than 5% of users,” Musk tweeted.
Elon Musk is seen arriving at the 2022 Met Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo / GC Images) (Gilbert Carrasquillo / GC Images / Getty Images)
The minuscule figure is much lower than expected for anyone who uses the platform regularly, including Musk, who followed up on his tweet by sharing how to reach this figure on Twitter.
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Musk is in the process of finalizing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter and is considering a public filing, including the number of bot users on the platform, which he has promised to remove once the company takes control . (Photo via Getty Images / Getty Images by Taifun Koskun / Anadolu Agency)
“To find out, my team will do a random sample of 100 followers of @twitter. I invite other people to repeat the same process and see what they find,” he tweeted, when on the platform. Someone requested Musk to “expand a bit on this process.”
To find out, my team will randomly sample 100 followers @Twitter,
I invite others to repeat the same process and see what they find…
Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 14 May 2022
“Any sensible random sampling procedure is fine. If multiple people independently found similar results for the % of fake/spam/duplicate accounts, it would be telling. I chose 100 as the sample size number because Twitter Uses it to calculate <5%. Fake/spam/duplicate," Musk replied.
Any sensible random sampling procedure is fine. If multiple people independently found similar results for the % of fake/spam/duplicate accounts, it would be telling.
I chose 100 as the sample size number, because Twitter <5% uses it to count fakes/spams/duplicates.
Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 14 May 2022
The next day Musk shared the alleged NDA violation.
I Trusted the Accuracy of Twitter’s Public Filings
Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 14 May 2022
Musk frequently criticized the platform and once told users that they were being “manipulated” by its algorithms in a way they “didn’t feel.”
File – The login/sign up screen for the Twitter account is seen on a laptop computer on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Roux, FILE/AP Newsroom)
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Amid the controversy, the Tesla CEO said he is “still committed” to buying Twitter.
Still Committed to Acquisition
Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 13 May 2022
