Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in Washington, D.C., on April 26, 2022. He said Monday he will launch an investigation of Twitter to find if the social media company is downplaying the percentage of fake users on the platform.Texas Attorney Generalsaid Monday he is investigating Twitter over its reporting of how many accounts on the platform are from bots and fake users, saying the company may be misrepresenting the number to inflate its value and raise its revenue.
Twitter has claimed in its financial regulatory filings that less than 5% of its daily active users are spam accounts. But Paxton on Monday alleged that spam accounts could make up as much as 20% of users or more. “Bot accounts can not only reduce the quality of users’ experience on the platform but may also inflate the value of the company and the costs of doing business with it, thus directly harming Texas consumers and businesses,” Paxton said.False reporting of fake users could be considered “false, misleading, or deceptive” under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, he said.
“This is a clear material breach of Twitter’s obligations under the merger agreement and Mr. Musk reserves all rights resulting therefrom, including his right not to consummate the transaction and his right to terminate the merger agreement,” an attorney representing MuskMusk has previously said the acquisition “cannot move forward” until the company provides proof of its spam metrics.
Paxton sent Twitter a civil investigative demand in 2021 after it banned former President Donald Trump from its platform following the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol. Twitter at the timeDisclosure: Facebook has been a financial supporter of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors. Financial supporters play no role in the Tribune's journalism.
Paxton is more concerned about bots and petty little diversions than the blood of children spilled on TX classroom floors.
Quit wasting are taxes on Elon Musk if he thinks thats bots percentages are wrong let him pursue with his own paying investigation
While Paxton is supporting billionaire Musk with this stupid stunt, he is NOT investigating why Texas law enforcement stood around doing nothing and let 19 school children and two of their teachers be shot to death. Vote this waste of space Paxton out of office.
Paxton is a Republican. Paxton lies with every breath he takes.
Shut up Ken
Looks like elonmusk bought himself an AG. I hope Paxton let the check clear first.
Republicans would know. They pay for them
WARPED, CORRUPT & 'GAMES PLAYING' TX AG, KEN PAXTON, 'DIVERTS to DISTRACT' from TOTAL INACTION after MASS MURDERS of 19 KIDS [9/10 yr olds] in their School by an 18 YR OLD boy w/AR-15 rifle he owned. UVALDE POLICE ARE COWARDS & DID NOT HELP THOSE KIDS!
KEN PAXTON is a FULLY CORRUPT TX Attorney General! HE'S a TYPICAL 'TRUMP REPUBLICAN' ENGAGING in STANDARD REPUBLICAN PLAYBOOK 'DISTRACTION/DIVERSIONARY' TACTICS...
Why isn't he in jail?
With everything that's going on this is what he spends his time on?
Why is that important? It’s a non issue. Gaslighting and deflection. 19 children were massacred in this is what your AG is focused on? IStandWithUvalde
Why would anyone believe Ken Paxton?
His lazy eye spies…
There is so much wrong with this guy.
Failing to ask him why he’s so interested in this but remains silent on gun control reforms or the grid is just journalistic malpractice. Do your jobs. You
Shouldn’t Texas be taking care of children, and water, and people who need Medicaid but can’t get it, and (you continue the list?)
he just finished
nigga your nightlife is a bit
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