Elon Musk has said that his$44 billion deal to buy Twitter is now "temporarily" on hold.

In a tweet, Musk linked to a story by Reuters, which said that Twitter had estimated that fake or spam accounts accounted for fewer than 5% of its monetizable daily active users during the first quarter.

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Musk noted that "Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users."

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In a follow-up tweet, however, the billionaire said: "Still committed to acquisition."

In late April Twitter's board of directors -after initially resisting the deal -said it had accepted Musk's offer to buy the company for$54.20 per share, giving it a valuation of about$44 billion.

Since revealing his acquisition plans, Musk has tweeted a number of suggestions about the social media site, noting recently that "Twitter will always be free for casual users, but maybe a slight cost for commercial/government users."

He has also said: "Twitter DMs should have end to end encryption like Signal, so no one can spy on or hack your messages," and also said that former US President Donald Trump -currently banned from Twitter -should be allowed back.

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