Elon Musk said Friday that his deal to acquire Twitter is “temporarily on hold” as he awaits more details related to the social media service’s spam and fake accounts. An hour and a half later, Musk tweeted he was “still committed” to the acquisition. In a tweet, Musk said the $44 billion deal is on hold “pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less...
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