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Twitter Leader Client Partner, Alex Martinez, has been busted on video (again) with some rather disgusting remarks about Elon Musk, his Aspberger's condition, and more. Check it out: This video is in the quick aftermath of Martinez busted talking smack about Elon Musk, where Project Veritas' James O'Keefe opens the video with "out for a jog on the streets of New York... with Twitter brass". O'Keefe: "Hi Alex... I'm James O'Keefe at Project Veritas" Martinez: "Oh my God". O'Keefe: "You are on hidden camera". Martinez: "Okay". O'Keefe: (continues speaking) "talking about Elon Musk". (Martinez laughs) Read more: Twitter exec: Elon Musk 'mentally handicapped', insults his Asperger's Read more: Twitter's Senior Engineer says Twitter staff are 'commie as f**k' O'Keefe: "Why is it funny?" Martinez: "Well, no. I'm just like, you're literally just trying to like, capture me in the middle of my own dinner?" O'Keefe: "Yes, quote you're special needs, you're literally special needs, I don't even take what you're saying seriously because you're special needs". (meanwhile, Martinez slowly takes a sip from his cocktail...) Martinez: "That's not true. That's not true". (video cuts back to where Martinez does indeed say those words)(video then cuts to Martinez + O'Keefe outside…

Twitter is tired of Musk mayhem.Illustration: Chris Delmas / AFP (Getty Images)You can almost hear the exasperated sigh at Twitter when you look at the havoc Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and possibly Twitter’s future owner, has wrought on both the social network and on the business over the last few days. Despite the drama, Twitter still wants to move forward with the $44 billion sale to Musk and seems to be prepared to force him to honor the merger agreement. CNN Business published a new look into Twitter’s line of thinking on Wednesday morning following yet another round of Musk mayhem. Twitter’s board issued a statement emphasizing the terms of the merger agreement, seemingly as much for Musk as for the public. “The Board and Mr. Musk agreed to a transaction at $54.20 per share. We believe this agreement is in the best interest of all shareholders. We intend to close the transaction and enforce the merger agreement,” the board said. As noted by CNN Business, the words “enforce the agreement” seem to imply that Twitter is ready to sue Musk to compel him to follow through on the sale. If Musk decides to walk away from the agreement,…

Elon Musk's Twitter followers are likely 23% fake or spam accounts, two research groups says. Their analysis flagged users based on 17 warning signals that point to suspicious accounts. This comes as Musk disputes Twitter's estimates that fewer than 5% of its accounts are fake. Loading Something is loading. More than 23.42% of billionaire Elon Musk's 93 million followers on Twitter are likely fake or spam accounts, according to a joint audit by two research groups published Sunday.The two groups, SparkToro and Followerwonk, said their definitions of "fake" and "spam" accounts might not be the same as Twitter's. They said they used a system of 17 warning signals, based on an algorithm that ran through 35,000 fake Twitter accounts bought by SparkToro and 50,000 accounts the teams marked as non-spam.If one of Musk's followers was flagged for multiple spam signals, they graded it as low quality or fake, they said. When factoring in inactive users, which the researchers defined as accounts that haven't tweeted in 90 days, a total 70.23% of Musk's followers were unlikely to be "authentic" or "active users who see his tweets," they said.Fake accounts by the numbersAnalyzing all of Musk's nearly 100 million followers, they found that…

Topline Elon Musk doubled down Tuesday and said his $44 billion bid to buy Twitter “cannot move forward” until the company proves that fewer than 5% of accounts on the platform are fake, the latest road bump in a series of difficulties for one of the tech world’s most hotly followed acquisitions. Elon Musk said Twitter must prove its claim on fake accounts. Getty Images Key Facts Musk said his offer to buy the social media company was “based on Twitter’s SEC filings being accurate” and the company needs to provide more information on the number of fake accounts on the platform. In its filings, Twitter claims fewer than 5% of accounts on the platform are fake or spam accounts. Musk disputes this figure and estimates spam and fake accounts make up 20% of accounts on the platform, four times higher than Twitter’s official number. The real number could be “much” higher than that, Musk added. Musk said Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal “publicly refused to show proof” of Twitter’s claim on Monday, possibly referring to a Twitter thread where the executive rejected Musk’s proposed method to evaluate the number of spam accounts on the platform as flawed. The “deal cannot…

Well, this one certainly comes as a surprise. On Monday, former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown announced on Twitter all he wants to do is retire a Steeler. Brown’s relationship with the Steelers and ultimately the NFL has been nothing short of bizarre. It looked at one time that Brown would finish his career in Pittsburgh and legitimately go down in history as one of the best receivers of all time. Brown’s six-season stretch from 2013-2018 is the greatest of all time for six straight seasons. Since leaving the Steelers, Brown’s career has spiraled and he’s been unable to stick with a team. Now Brown appears to be focusing full-time on a rap career but If he is genuine about this, should the Steelers sign him to a contract to let him retire from the team that took a shot on him back in 2010 and made him the star he is? Let us know in the comments below. Just wanna Retire A Steeler — AB (@AB84) May 16, 2022

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By Tarini Parti and Bradley OlsonUpdated May 16, 2022 8:27 am ETThe White House on Monday pushed back against Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos after he criticized the Biden administration in two tweets over the weekend for tying the corporate tax structure to rising inflation.The tweets were spurred by one from President Biden on Friday, which said: “You want to bring down inflation? Let’s make sure the wealthiest corporations pay their fair share.”

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Elon Musk has said he is waiting for Twitter to provide data on the proportion of its fake accounts. Reuters May 15, 2022 / 09:20 AM IST Elon Musk’s $44 billion deal to take over Twitter is presently on hold. Elon Musk on Saturday tweeted that Twitter's legal team accused him of violating a nondisclosure agreement by revealing that the sample size for the social media platform's checks on automated users was 100."Twitter legal just called to complain that I violated their NDA by revealing the bot check sample size is 100!," tweeted Musk, CEO of electric car maker Tesla Inc.Twitter legal just called to complain that I violated their NDA by revealing the bot check sample size is 100!This actually happened.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 14, 2022Musk on Friday said that his $44-billion cash deal for Twitter Inc was "temporarily on hold" while he waits for the social media company to provide data on the proportion of its fake accounts.He added later that he remained committed to the deal.Read: How Elon Musk plans to find true number of bots on Twitter