Viral Hoax Claims Elon Musk Was Banned From Twitter After Pulling Out of Takeover Deal
Twitter confirmed to Gizmodo early Monday that the @eionmusk account had been suspended for impersonation and pointed us to itsNotably, the social media network did not take action on the tweet from @HighyieldHarry with the screenshot and the link to “@eionmusk.” As of 6 a.m. ET on Monday, the tweet was still online with no label indicating it was misinformation. To date, it has been retweeted more than 18,600 times, quote tweeted 5,800 times, and liked 135,000 times.
Meanwhile, the real @elonmusk is doing what he does best: sharing memes and laughing about his drama with Twitter. In the early hours on Monday, Musk tweeted a stating that Twitter would be forced to disclose information on the number of bots on its platform in court.with the number of fake and spam accounts on Twitter for months and cited the company’s refusal to provide him with all the information he wanted on the matter as one of the reasons for backing out of the deal. Twitter, on the other hand, maintains that the number of fake and spam accounts on its platform is less than 5%, something Musk has doubted for months.“Preliminary analysis by Mr.
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