Texas Attorney General Ken Paxon confirmed Monday that his office will investigate Twitter, alleging the firm lied about the number of bot accounts amid a high-profile spat between the two parties.
“A large number of bot accounts not [only] reduces 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 consumers and businesses—specifically, Texas consumers and businesses,” Paxton’s office said.
These “bots,” or spam accounts, “inflate followers and reach, and often push deceptive and annoying activity,” according to his office.
Twitter bots have come into focus in recent weeks after Musk, the head of Tesla, asked for information regarding how many are on the platform. In a letter Monday, Musk again brought up the issue and claimed Twitter is refusing to provide data to his team before saying the $44 billion deal to take over the company could be terminated….
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