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Correction: Musk-Twitter-Counting Bots story

Oct 28, 2022, 11:30 AM | Updated: Oct 31, 2022, 3:38 am
FILE - Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition on March 9, 2020, in Washington....

FILE - Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition on March 9, 2020, in Washington. Musk posted video Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, showing him strolling into Twitter headquarters ahead of a Friday, Oct. 28, deadline to close his $44 billion deal to buy the company. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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In a story first published on Oct. 28 about Elon Musk’s upcoming challenges to deal with fake accounts on Twitter, The Associated Press erroneously reported Filippo Menczer was not working for any party related to the fight for Twitter. Menczer said Twitter consulted him about the issue earlier this year.

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Correction: Musk-Twitter-Counting Bots story