Will Elon Musk Move Forward With Twitter Deal Once He Gets Bot Data?

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Twitter has reportedly decided to give Elon Musk data about fake accounts on the platform following persistent complaints from the billionaire. The drama over Musk's Twitter acquisition reached a crescendo recently when the billionaire announced that he won't move forward with the deal until he's furnished with details about the number of bots on the platform. The threat came several weeks after the Tesla and SpaceX CEO made a $44 billion offer to buy Twitter and take it private.

Over the past couple of months, the world has been abuzz about what Musk's acquisition of Twitter might mean for the platform. While some believe he will help restore free speech on the world's largest micro-blogging service, others believe that it could result in Twitter becoming a toxic hellscape of hate speech and misinformation. However, all that would be a non-starter if Musk follows through with his threat and abandons plans of acquiring the company over the supposed lack of data regarding spam accounts.

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According to a report by The Washington Post, Twitter's board has agreed to hand over the company's internal data to Musk to help him calculate the number of fake users on the platform. The data, which will reportedly be given to Musk this week, is said to include information about more than 500 million Tweets posted each day. According to an unnamed source quoted by the publication, the information would include not only a real-time record of Tweets, but also details about the devices that the Tweets come from, as well as the accounts that post those Tweets.

If the report is accurate, this would mark a 180-degree shift in Twitter's stance within a few short days. Talking about