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Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>Elon Musk has said his $44bn (\u00a335bn) deal to buy Twitter is temporarily on hold after he queried the number of fake or spam accounts on the social media platform.<\/p>\n

He said he was waiting for information \u201csupporting [the] calculation that spam\/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users\u201d.<\/p>\n

Following the announcement, Twitter shares fell 25% in pre-market trading.<\/p>\n

Mr Musk has been vocal on cleaning up spam accounts.<\/p>\n

Twitter reported nearly two weeks ago that fake accounts accounted for less than 5% of its daily active users during the first three months of this year.<\/p>\n

The billionaire, who is the richest person in the world according to Forbes magazine, is now examining that figure.<\/p>\n

Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam\/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of usershttps:\/\/t.co\/Y2t0QMuuyn<\/p>\n

Under the terms of the deal, if either Twitter or Mr Musk walk away they must pay the other side a termination fee of $1bn.<\/p>\n

Twitter has long had an issue with automated, fake accounts being used to relentlessly post content.<\/p>\n

Mr Musk has called for \u201cdefeating the spam bots\u201d on Twitter as well as several other changes including bringing back some banned accounts, including that of former US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

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