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Elon Musk hints at paying less for Twitter than his $44B offer amid bot row

Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave the strongest hint yet Monday that he would like to pay less for Twitter than his $44 billion offer made last month. Musk told a Miami technology conference that a viable deal at a lower price would not be out of the question.

Also at the All In Summit, Musk estimated that at least 20 per cent of Twitter's 229 million accounts are spambots, a percentage he said was at the low end of his assessment.