Elon Musk buried the fact that his own data scientists couldn't detect many bots on Twitter


According to Twitter, Elon Musk was given his own study of "bots" or phoney accounts weeks ago.

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According to Twitter's legal staff, his chosen data firms estimated that 5% to 11% of the users were bots.

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In the past, Musk has asserted that at least 20% of Twitter accounts are automated.

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Two companies that Musk hired to study vast amounts of Twitter user data published their own estimates

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Twitter the day before he issued his first letter to Twitter executives ending his agreement to buy the company for $44 billion.

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According to Cyabra, a company, Twitter may have 11% bots or phoney accounts, according to Musk.

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Lawyers for Twitter stated during a hearing on Tuesday that the other company, CounterAction,

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