'90% of comments on my Twitter account are bots,' says Elon Musk

 Tesla founder and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk hit out at Twitter, saying 90 percent of the comments on his tweets are bots or spam replies. He also shared screenshots of replies by the fake Twitter account of Changpeng Zhao, Founder, and CEO of leading crypto exchange Binance.

He wrote on Twitter, "And 90 percent of my comments are bots.” Consequently, one of the followers asked him, "Do you think the number of likes you get has a similar proportion of bots vs humans at 90%?"

Recently, a top cybersecurity expert claimed that 8 in 10 Twitter accounts are fake. Dan Woods, Global Head of Intelligence at cybersecurity company F5, in an interview with The Australian, said that more than 80 percent of Twitter accounts are bots or fake. Subsequently, Musk shared the news article on his Twitter account. He wrote on Twitter, "Sure sounds higher than 5 percent." He further said, "On a $/bot basis, this deal is awesome."

The richest person in the world terminated the $44 billion Twitter takeover deal because of skepticism over Twitter's spam accounts tally. He is currently fighting a legal battle against Twitter in a US court. Musk seeks answers from Twitter over the presence of bots on the social media platform.

The trial will begin on October 17. Twitter wants a commitment from Musk to complete the trial in five days.

Last month, Twitter said in a court filing that the Tesla CEO has offered no assurance that the trial would be completed in five days, as ordered by the judge, Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery.

Musk’s legal team reportedly told the Delaware Chancery Court that Musk wanted correct details about fake accounts on Twitter.

Earlier this year, Musk made a hostile bid to take over Twitter for a $44 billion deal.