According to Newsweek, half of President Joe Biden’s followers on Twitter are fake bots and spam accounts. Biden currently has 22.3 million followers, meaning nearly 11 million are fake.
“SparkToro’s tool found that 49.3 percent of accounts following the official @POTUS Twitter account are ‘fake followers’ based on analysis of a number of factors, including location issues, default profile images and new users,” Newsweek reports.
“Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is currently trying to buy Twitter, has expressed concerns about the number of fake accounts and a potential crack down could see users such as Biden lose a huge number of followers,” the report adds.
“20% fake/spam accounts, while 4 times what Twitter claims, could be *much* higher,” Musk wrote on Twitter. “My offer was based on Twitter’s SEC filings being accurate. Yesterday, Twitter’s CEO publicly refused to show proof of <5%. This deal cannot move forward until he does.”
20% fake/spam accounts, while 4 times what Twitter claims, could be *much* higher.
My offer was based on Twitter’s SEC filings being accurate.
Yesterday, Twitter’s CEO publicly refused to show proof of <5%.
This deal cannot move forward until he does.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 17, 2022