As Musk appears to tiptoe back on $44b acquisition of Twitter over scale of user inauthenticity, Tel Aviv company Cyabra says it estimates millions of fake accounts

Tesla CEO says he wants confirmation of platform's estimates on number of fake users, claims true number is at least 20% or higher; comment bolsters theory he may not want deal

Billionaire announces he's pausing purchase due to concerns social media giant underreporting spambots, but some believe he's raising issue as an excuse to back out of agreement