Article 615ZN Twitter says it suspends 1m spam users a day as Elon Musk row deepens

Twitter says it suspends 1m spam users a day as Elon Musk row deepens

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Dan Milmo Global technology editor
from Technology | The Guardian on (#615ZN)

World's richest man has threatened to drop acquisition of firm in dispute over fake accounts

Twitter has revealed that it is suspending more than 1m spam accounts a day, as Elon Musk threatens to walk away from buying the business in a dispute over fake users.

The new figure, confirmed by the social media platform on Thursday, represents a doubling of its previous update. Its chief executive, Parag Agrawal, said in May that spam account suspensions were running at 500,000 a day.

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