Censorship: Twitter Takeover Totally Panics Political Regime of LeftLibDemSocMediaTechPol

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Given Twitter et al's alleged partnership with the Political Censorship Regime
(see court cases), it would not be surprising if it was discovered that Twitter
accepted compensation for contracting / permitting / allowing / ignoring
the bot agents.


Judge Orders Twitter To Provide Elon Musk With Executive Documents On
Fake Accounts

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/judge-orders-twitter-give-elon-musk-former-executives-documents-2022-08-15/

Under a recent court order, Twitter is now required to provide Elon
Musk with access to documents compiled by a former executive that Musk
says is a key figure in calculating the number of fake accounts that
permeate the platform.

The executive, former General Manager of Consumer Product Kayvon
Beykpour, quickly disappeared from the halls of Twitter in April of
this year when it was announced that Musk would be seeking to purchase
the company. Beykpour was described in Musk's court filings as one of
the executives "most intimately involved with" determining the amount
of spam and bot accounts on Twitter.  Though the court denied Musk
access to 21 other people involved in the company, it would appear
that the battle over the social media giant is just beginning.

Musk has accused Twitter of misrepresenting their user numbers, which
they claimed only made up around 5% of their total traffic.  Musk
asserted that the amount of bots was much higher, and noted that
Twitter seemed to be stalling access to vital data while trying to
rush litigation in a bid to force a sale before the company had to
relinquish all the required information.

Suspicions on Twitter's user numbers have been growing for some time.
Twitter changed the way it manages and calculates such numbers in 2019
as their users began to decline.  The company has suffered ongoing
profit losses in recent years -  In 2020 the company faced a net
income loss of over $1.14 billion. In 2021 there was an income loss of
$221 million. Twitter still claims it earns a profit, but this is
primarily derived from stock buybacks and state and federal government
subsidies.

It is possible that the amount of data that Musk has received is
enough to support claims that the company is built on a foundation of
sand and that it has a high rate of fake accounts? If true, shares in
Twitter could suffer a precipitous decline. Could the company be
trying to compel Musk to finish his buyout before fake user numbers
are fully exposed? Stay tuned...