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Texas Opens Investigation Into Twitter Over Bot Accounts As Musk Battles With Company

Ryan Saavedra
Texas Opens Investigation Into Twitter Over Bot Accounts As Musk Battles With Company
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Monday that his office has opened an investigation into Twitter “for potentially false reporting over its fake bot accounts” which comes as Elon Musk battles with the company over the same issue.

Paxton said in a press release that the investigation centers on discovering if Twitter has violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

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