Musk puts Twitter acquisition 'temporarily on hold'

John Leonard
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Musk puts Twitter acquisition 'temporarily on hold'
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Musk puts Twitter acquisition 'temporarily on hold'

Musk wants to investigate whether the number of bots on the platform is as low as the company claims - or is he looking for a way out?

Elon Musk has said that his planned $44 billion purchase of Twitter is 'temporarily on hold' pending an investigation into the number of bots and spam accounts on the social media platform. A co...

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