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Elon Musk challenges Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to public debate

Elon Musk challenges Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to public debate

 Tesla owner and billionaire Elon Musk has challenged Twitter CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Parag Agrawal to the public debate over Twitter bot percentage. In a series of tweets, Musk claimed that Twitter’s method of estimating spam bots and accounts is flawed. He was replying to a fan's tweet talking about his initial $44 billion offer to buy Twitter.

The tweet by a data analyst, Andrea Stroppa, pointed out that Twitter provided false information when Musk requested more information about spam and fake accounts on the social media platform. Subsequently, Musk replied to the tweets and praised the fan. Musk reportedly replied, "I hereby challenge Parag Agrawal to a public debate about the Twitter bot percentage.”

Twitter vs Elon Musk row

Musk is fighting a legal battle with Twitter over his $44 billion deal. In the Elon Musk vs Twitter buyout battle, Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery ordered a five-day trial beginning October 17 to determine whether Musk can complete his $44 billion deal. Twitter also wanted a commitment from Musk to complete the trial in five days. Subsequently, Musk filed a countersuit against Twitter. Musk reportedly said that he wanted more time to complete an investigation of Twitter's misrepresentation of fake accounts. Musk’s legal team told the Delaware Chancery Court that Musk wanted correct details about spam accounts on Twitter. 

He made a hostile bid to take over Twitter for $44 billion. However, he backed away from the deal and blamed Twitter for breaching the agreement by misrepresenting the number of fake accounts on the social media platform. Later on, Twitter said that Musk’s skepticism over spam accounts was a distraction to walk away from the deal.

In June, Musk had openly accused Twitter of breaching the merger agreement. He demanded that Twitter provide information about its testing methodologies to support its claims that fake accounts on the social media platform constitute less than 5 percent of the platform's active user base.


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