{"id":448459,"date":"2022-05-17T18:18:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T15:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/twitter-plans-to-enforce-44-billion-sale-to-elon-musk\/"},"modified":"2022-05-17T18:18:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T15:18:23","slug":"twitter-plans-to-enforce-44-billion-sale-to-elon-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-plans-to-enforce-44-billion-sale-to-elon-musk\/","title":{"rendered":"#Twitter plans to enforce $44 billion sale to Elon Musk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407e7a33ad3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-plans-to-enforce-44-billion-sale-to-elon-musk\/#%E2%80%9CTwitter_plans_to_enforce_44_billion_sale_to_Elon_Musk%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Twitter plans to enforce $44 billion sale to Elon Musk&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTwitter_plans_to_enforce_44_billion_sale_to_Elon_Musk%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Twitter plans to enforce $44 billion sale to Elon Musk&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Twitter said it would not allow Elon Musk to wriggle free from his $44 billion offer for the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> platform despite the multibillionaire\u2019s threats to walk away if the company doesn\u2019t prove it is sufficiently cracking down on spam and bot accounts.<\/p>\n<p>The San Francisco-based company filed a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/0001418091\/000119312522152250\/d283119dprem14a.htm#toc283119_34\">statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission<\/a> on Tuesday morning \u2014 hours after Musk tweeted that he may not proceed with the deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwitter is committed to completing the transaction on the agreed price,\u201d the company said in its SEC filing.<\/p>\n<p>The Tesla and SpaceX boss agreed to pay $54.20 per share for the site on April 25 but has seen shares plunge by 30 percent, closing at $37.15 on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Musk faces a $1 billion breakup fee, plus the risk of hefty legal expenses from a breach-of-contract lawsuit, if he scraps the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter has found itself on the defensive after Musk publicly trashed its policies on spam and bot accounts last week.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/twitter-elon-musk.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Twitter on Tuesday vowed that it will enforce the terms of the agreement with Musk.\" class=\"wp-image-22297265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/twitter-elon-musk.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/twitter-elon-musk.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/twitter-elon-musk.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Twitter on Tuesday vowed that it will enforce the terms of the agreement with Musk.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Parag Agrawal, the company CEO, took to Twitter on Monday in an effort to refute Musk\u2019s claim that the social media site has allowed spam and bot accounts to run amok.<\/p>\n<p>Spam \u201charms the experience for real people on Twitter,\u201d he wrote, and the company is \u201cstrongly incentivized to detect and remove as much spam as we possibly can, every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAnyone who suggests otherwise is just wrong,\u201d Agrawal tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared to be unimpressed, tweeting a poop emoji in response. He then commented: \u201cSo how do advertisers know what they\u2019re getting for their money? This is fundamental to the financial health of Twitter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company has admitted in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that about 5 percent of its 300 million users are fake.<\/p>\n<p>Musk demanded Agrawal show proof or \u201cThis deal cannot move forward until he does,\u201d in a tweet early Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201c20% fake\/spam accounts, while 4 times what Twitter claims, could be *much* higher.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Musk claimed there is \u201csome chance\u201d the actual number of fake accounts on Twitter \u201cmight be over 90% of daily active users.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/parag-agrawal.jpg?w=683\" alt=\"Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal defended his company's handling of bot and spam accounts.\" class=\"wp-image-22297264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/parag-agrawal.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1366 1366w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/parag-agrawal.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/parag-agrawal.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/parag-agrawal.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption>Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal defended his company\u2019s handling of bot and spam accounts.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Agrawal said operators of spam and bot accounts are becoming ever more sophisticated \u2014 which makes it harder for Twitter to identity and eliminate them.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Agrawal claims that less than 5% of all of Twitter\u2019s \u201cmonetizable daily active users\u201d \u2014 or mDAUs \u2014 are spam.<\/p>\n<p>He declined to reveal how the company came up with the 5 percent figure belonging to  \u201cmonetizable daily active users\u201d \u2014 or spam \u2014 though he said: \u201cWe shared an overview of the estimation process with Elon a week ago and look forward to continuing the conversation with him, and all of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, Musk tweeted that\u00a0Twitter\u2019s legal team accused him of violating a nondisclosure agreement\u00a0by revealing that the sample size for the social media platform\u2019s checks on automated users was just 100 accounts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwitter\u00a0legal just called to complain that I violated their NDA by revealing the bot check sample size is 100!\u201d the Tesla CEO tweeted. \u201cThis actually happened.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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