Musk puts $44b Twitter deal 'temporarily on hold', asks for data on fake accounts

Musk puts $44b Twitter deal 'temporarily on hold', asks for data on fake accounts

Elon Musk. Photographer: Justin Chin/Bloomberg

Elon Musk tweeted on Friday that his $44-billion cash deal for Twitter Inc was “temporarily on hold” while he waits for the social media company to provide data on the proportion of its fake accounts.