Doubts cast over Elon Musk's Twitter bot claims - BBC

Twitter lied about bots, security issues, says former Twitter exec

r/Twitter on Reddit: Elon said he will crack down on bots. Since his

Elon Musk on Twitter: Prior Twitter management & board lied to

Twitter Called Elon Musk’s Bluff About Bots. It Could Backfire

Elon Musk Confirms Previous Twitter Management Lied About

Prior Twitter management

Prior Twitter management & board lied to make their user numbers seem artificially higher, so turned a blind eye to fake/spam accounts.

Elon Musk Says Previous Twitter Board Lied About Bots to Increase

We Checked Elon Musk’s Claims About Twitter Bots; Here’s What

Elon Musk confirms previous Twitter

Elon Musk confirms previous Twitter management and board lied about bots to make user numbers artificially higher

Filings made by Elon Musk's legal team in his battle with Twitter have been questioned by leading bot researchers. Botometer - an online tool that tracks spam and fake

What the Twitter Whistleblower Report Means for Elon Musk

Musk has said for months

Musk has said for months that Twitter misled investors about the platform’s financial health, including the proportion of spam bots on the site. The allegations about bots

Twitter Whistleblower Says Twitter Is Lying to Elon Musk About

Allegations include Twitter hid negligent security practices, misled regulators about its safety, and failed to estimate the number of bots on its platform properly. That last

Elon silently reversed positions on

Elon silently reversed positions on bots because they're responsible for half or more of the engagements the site generates. If he actually cracked down on them, it would be clear how

Taking to Twitter, Elon Musk has stated that the previous Twitter management and board lied about the number of bots on the platform to increase user

His equation could end up with a different numerator (the number of bots) and denominator (those monetizable daily active users) than the ones in Twitter’s arimethetic.

Musk argued that Twitter

Musk argued that Twitter’s refusal to be transparent about its bot problem was one of the main reasons he could not go through with the deal. The complaint then listed