{"id":6533,"date":"2022-05-14T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/elon-musk-stokes-speculation-after-tweeting-twitter-deal-on-hold\/"},"modified":"2022-05-14T00:15:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T00:15:00","slug":"elon-musk-stokes-speculation-after-tweeting-twitter-deal-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=6533","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Stokes Speculation After Tweeting Twitter Deal On Hold"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZuUK_x8O6KI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Elon Musk tweeted that his Twitter deal will be on hold after the company reported fake accounts made up fewer than 5 percent of users, though it \u201ccould be higher.\u201d Musk later tweeted that he is committed to acquisition. Experts speculate that Musk\u2019s real motive was to renegotiate the Twitter deal even if he had to pay a billion-dollar fee.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb Subscribe to NBC News: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/SubscribeToNBC\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/SubscribeToNBC<\/a><br \/>\n\u00bb Watch more NBC video: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/MoreNBCNews\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/MoreNBCNews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver compelling, diverse and engaging news stories. NBC News Digital features NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com, TODAY.com, Nightly News, Meet the Press, Dateline, and the existing apps and digital extensions of these respective properties.  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