Irish Examiner view: Twitter takeover is a game of numbers 

Elon Musk demanding clarity on fake accounts

Elon Musk: Latest debacle may be a negotiating tactic. Picture: AP Photo/Susan Walsh

A €42bn takeover; a heavily used social media platform; an egotistical billionaire with an ambiguous definition of free speech. What could possibly go wrong?

What could scupper the takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk is the failure to provide validated user numbers and to identify the fake accounts that permeate the internet giant’s projections about its user base.