• Musk took an informal poll on Twitter and asked the SEC to look at the results
• ‘Hello, @SECGov, anyone home?’ Musk tweeted
Elon Musk on Tuesday has called on the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to look into Twitter Inc’s (NYSE: TWTR) user numbers amidst his deal to acquire the social media platform.
The billionaire, in an informal Twitter poll, asked 94 million followers, “Twitter claims that >95% of daily active users are real, unique humans. Does anyone have that experience?”
More than 500,000 followers, till now, have indicated that there are more than 5% fake accounts on the platform.
Musk then said, in response to a follower who suggested the SEC begin an investigation, “Hello @SECGov, anyone home?”
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO agreed to buy Twitter last month for $44 billion but has since said the deal is on hold as he looks into bots, spam and fakes.
Investors have been dumping the stock on concern that Musk will abandon his plan to take over the microblogging platform, and Twitter’s shares on Monday tumbled nearly 8% to $37.51, below $39.31, the closing price of April 1, the last trading day before the billionaire disclosed his 9% stake in the social media company.
Although Twitter on Tuesday closed at $38.32, surging more than 2.5%, the price is still below the $39.31 mark.
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