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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Bevan Hurley

Musk told fellow tech giants he was upset at number of Twitter bots after backing out of $44bn deal, report says

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Elon Musk “tripled down” on his claim that Twitter was under-reporting the number of spam accounts on its platform during an address to tech moguls, according to a new report.

Mr Musk spoke to a high-powered audience of media executives at the Allen & Co Sun Valley Conference in Idaho on Saturday, one day after he tried to pull out of the $44bn (£37bn) deal to take over the social media platform.

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