Elon Musk’s latest stunt: calling on the SEC to investigate Twitter’s user numbers

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So does Elon Musk want to buy Twitter or not? This morning, the company's prospective new owner insisted (in a tweet, of course) that the $44 billion deal he'd agreed to cannot move forward" until he sees the proof he's looking for about its active user numbers.

With needling current Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and texting former CEO Jack Dorsey having failed to hit the spot, Musk - seemingly jokingly - pulled in another recurring character from his 24 / 7 revolving circus by tweeting to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, asking them to investigate.

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In case you've forgotten, the folks at the SEC are the bastards" that Musk has previously accused of infringing upon his rights to free speech,...

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