Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai, China January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Track
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Could 14 (Reuters) – Elon Musk on Saturday tweeted that Twitter Inc’s (TWTR.N) lawful group accused him of violating a nondisclosure settlement by revealing that the sample dimensions for the social media platform’s checks on automated people was 100.
“Twitter lawful just called to complain that I violated their NDA by revealing the bot examine sample dimensions is 100!” tweeted Musk, chief govt of electrical motor vehicle maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O).
Musk on Friday tweeted that his $44-billion dollars deal to acquire the company non-public was “briefly on keep” when he awaited details on the proportion of its bogus accounts. study extra
He mentioned his workforce would check “a random sample of 100 followers” on Twitter to determine the bots. His reaction to a problem prompted Twitter’s accusation.
When a consumer questioned Musk to “elaborate on course of action of filtering bot accounts,” he replied, “I picked 100 as the sample dimension quantity, because that is what Twitter works by using to calculate <5% fake/spam/duplicate."
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Reporting by Rachna Dhanrajani in Bengaluru Editing by Cynthia Osterman and Richard Chang
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