Coverage dated July 6, 2022 to July 7, 2022

Twitter says it removes 1 million spam accounts a day

Headline from Courthouse News Service

Elon Musk, who has offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion, has threatened to walk away from the deal if the company can't show that less than 5% of its daily active users are automated spam accounts.

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Voice of America
Twitter Claims It Is Removing 1 Million Spam Accounts Daily (opens Voice of America)
Published Jul 6, 2022
Voice of America's feed description
Removals come as Tesla founder Elon Musk, who is in the process of acquiring the company, continues to pressure Twitter to reduce spam accounts
Courthouse News Service
Twitter says it removes 1 million spam accounts a day (opens Courthouse News Service)
Published Jul 7, 2022
Courthouse News Service's feed description
Elon Musk, who has offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion, has threatened to walk away from the deal if the company can't show that less than 5% of its daily active users are automated spam accounts.
Washington Examiner
Twitter claims to remove more than 1 million spam accounts per day (opens Washington Examiner)
Published Jul 7, 2022
Washington Examiner's feed description
Twitter now claims that it removes more than 1 million spam accounts a day.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Twitter says it removes over 1 million spam accounts each day (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Published Jul 7, 2022
St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description
The company reiterated that spam accounts were well under 5% of users who are served advertising.

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