Elon Musk, the richest man in the world Puzzling again after the news announced yesterday (May 13) that it will ask to “break” a 44 billion dollar deal to buy Twitter Inc. until the exact number of fake accounts or “accounts” are known.
The news caused pre-market trading of Twitter shares to drop more than 20 percent, before slightly improving after Musk, who owns the electric car company Tesla, tweeted the following. come say There is still the same intention to buy Twitter.
Musk decided to exclude a due diligence from Twitter when he agreed to the acquisition on April 25 in a bid to convince the social media giant. get an offer But this may have left Musk himself reluctant to say that Twitter had misunderstood him.
“Twitter deals have been temporarily put on hold. Until I know the details that can confirm that The number of fake/spam accounts is actually less than 5%.” Musk made the announcement through his Twitter account, which has more than 92 million followers.
Twitter’s business factsheet has estimated the number of spam accounts to be less than 5% since 2013, prompting analysts to note why Musk is making the point now.
“The 5% estimate has been released a long time ago. and he should have known So this might be more of a bargaining strategy,” said Susannah Streator, an analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.
source: Archyde.com