Elon Musk says Twitter deal 'cannot move forward' until he has clarity on bot numbers
Musk's plan to buy Twitter has worried policymakers around the world. Elon Musk has said his $44 billion purchase of Twitter will not move ahead until he has more clarity on how many accounts are fake. Twitter estimated in a filing earlier this month that fewer than 5% of its monetizable daily active users during the first quarter were bots or spam accounts. But Musk estimates that around 20% of the accounts on Twitter are fake or spam accounts and he's concerned that the number could be even higher. "Yesterday, Twitter's CEO publicly refused to show proof of <5%.
cnbc.comVaccine Misinformation, Parenting, and the COVID-19 Death Toll : Short Wave : NPR
Any hour now, the U.S. is expected to officially mark one million lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic. Health correspondent Allison Aubrey shares how this misinformation first entered the parenting world--and how some are fighting back. Email the show at ShortWave@NPR.org.
npr.orgWhat’s a Bot? Why Musk and Twitter’s CEO Are Fighting Over Fake Accounts
Elon Musk and Twitter Inc. chief Parag Agrawal are butting heads over the way the social media giant handles so-called bots, stoking speculation Musk may try to lower the price or even walk away from his $44 billion offer for the company. Musk told a tech conference in Miami that fake users make up at least 20% of all Twitter accounts, possibly as high as 90%. Twitter disagrees. It reports that spam accounts make up less than 5% of total users, and Agrawal posted a long thread laying out his com
washingtonpost.comWhat’s a Twitter Bot and Why is Elon Musk Fighting Over Them?
Elon Musk and Twitter Inc. chief Parag Agrawal are butting heads over the way the social media giant handles so-called bots, stoking speculation Musk may try to lower the price or even walk away from his $44 billion offer for the company. Musk told a tech conference in Miami that fake users make up at least 20% of all Twitter accounts, possibly as high as 90%. Twitter disagrees. It reports that spam accounts make up less than 5% of total users, and Agrawal posted a long thread laying out his com
washingtonpost.comWhat’s a Bot? Why Musk and Twitter’s CEO Are Fighting Over Fake Accounts
Elon Musk and Twitter Inc. chief Parag Agrawal are butting heads over the way the social media giant handles so-called bots, stoking speculation Musk may try to lower the price or even walk away from his $44 billion offer for the company. Musk told a tech conference in Miami that fake users make up at least 20% of all Twitter accounts, possibly as high as 90%. Twitter disagrees. It reports that spam accounts make up less than 5% of total users, and Agrawal posted a long thread laying out his com
washingtonpost.comWhat Are Twitter Bots and Why is Elon Musk Fighting Over Them?
Elon Musk and Twitter Inc. chief Parag Agrawal are butting heads over the way the social media giant handles so-called bots, stoking speculation Musk may try to lower the price or even walk away from his $44 billion offer for the company. Musk told a tech conference in Miami that fake users make up at least 20% of all Twitter accounts, possibly as high as 90%. Twitter disagrees. It reports that spam accounts make up less than 5% of total users, and Agrawal posted a long thread laying out his com
washingtonpost.comWhy Elon Musk and Twitter CEO Are Sparring Over Bots: QuickTake
Elon Musk and Twitter Inc. chief Parag Agrawal are butting heads over the way the social media giant handles so-called bots, stoking speculation Musk may try to lower the price or even walk away from his $44 billion offer for the company. Musk told a tech conference in Miami that fake users make up at least 20% of all Twitter accounts, possibly as high as 90%. Twitter disagrees. It reports that spam accounts make up less than 5% of total users, and Agrawal posted a long thread laying out his com
washingtonpost.comYouTuber Emma Chamberlain’s Met Gala necklace, allegedly stolen from Indian royalty, sparks debate
Twitter users expressed a divided opinion when it came to popular YouTuber Emma Chamberlain’s Met Gala, Cartier-designed diamond choker, which was is allegedly a piece of stolen jewelry by the British from India. The necklace, lent to the vlogger for the event, reportedly disappeared from the Patiala royal treasury around 1948. Prior to that, it had belonged to Indian ruler Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala, one of the richest men in the world during his reign from 1900-1938.
news.yahoo.comYankees' Cortes deactivates account after old tweets surface
New York Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes said he deactivated his Twitter account after screenshots surfaced Sunday of tweets from a decade ago that included racial slurs. Cortes appeared to be quoting rap lyrics in at least some of the tweets, and he did not seem to be using the words to demean anyone directly. “I felt like it wasn't the right message that I wanted to send out, when I was 17 years old," Cortes said before Monday's game against Baltimore.
news.yahoo.comTwitter Compares Cops' Treatment Of Buffalo Gunman With That Of Black Boy Accused Of Stealing Chips
After 13 people were shot, including 10 who were killed, during the recent mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, people took to Twitter to criticize the police handling of the gunman.
news.yahoo.comMultiple People Shot at Church in Laguna Woods, California
Douglas Sacha/GettyIn yet another church shooting, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said on Sunday that multiple people were shot at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California. A Twitter account belonging to the Orange County sheriff stated that the suspect was in custody and that a weapon that “may be involved” had been recovered. Police had first received a call about the shooting at 1:26 pm local time.“We are working to get information out as quickly as possible. We ask for pati
news.yahoo.comTexas law prohibiting social media companies from banning users over their viewpoints reinstated by appeals court
The court did not evaluate the law on its constitutionality but will allow it to go back into effect while a legal case plays out. Texas lawmakers passed the law, saying social media platforms have an anti-conservative bias.
sacurrent.comTwitter’s bot problem likely won’t be grounds for Musk to back out of deal
According to legal experts, the number of "bots," or inauthentic accounts, on Twitter's network, is not reason enough to get him out of acquiring the company. But he could use the concern that there are more bots than Twitter lets on as leverage to reopen negotiations. Twitter can still tell him to go pound sand.
washingtonpost.comElon Musk said his team is going to do a 'random sample of 100 followers' of Twitter to see how many of the platform's users are actually bots
Elon Musk said his $44 billion Twitter deal is on hold pending his own research to confirm the company's estimate that less than 5% of users are fake.
news.yahoo.comMusk doesn’t own Twitter yet, but conservatives are racking up followers
Carlson’s gain is one of several early signs that Musk’s takeover is already shifting the dynamics of one of the most influential social networks in the country. A Washington Post analysis of hundreds of Twitter accounts found that right-leaning accounts, including Republican members of Congress, received a surge in followers since the deal was announced last month, even as their Democratic counterparts’ followings flatline.
washingtonpost.comTexas law prohibiting social media companies from banning users over their viewpoints reinstated by appeals court
The court did not evaluate the law on its constitutionality but will allow it to go back into effect while a legal case plays out. Texas lawmakers passed the law, saying social media platforms have an anti-conservative bias.
Twitter says it's testing an 'edit' button
Twitter tweeted Tuesday that it is indeed working on a way for users to edit their 280-character messages, although it says the project has nothing to do with the fact that edit-function fan Elon Musk was just revealed as the company’s largest shareholder and now sits on its board.