Twitter takeover temporarily on hold, says Elon Musk

Tesla owner says $44bn deal has been paused until he gets more information about fake accountsElon Musk has said his $44bn (£36bn) takeover of Twitter is “temporarily on hold” in a tweet that rocked the company’s share price and cast doubt on whether the deal will happen.The Tesla chief tweeted on Friday morning that the deal was being frozen while he awaited details supporting Twitter’s assertion that fewer than 5% of its users were spam or fake accounts. In a subs