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Former Disney CEO Bob Iger Says ‘Substantial Portion' of Twitter Accounts Are Bots
[Breitbart] Former Disney CEO Bob Iger recently explained why the entertainment giant abandoned plans to buy Twitter in 2016, noting that a "substantial number" of the platform’s users are bots and fake accounts.Recode reports that in 2016, Bob Iger, then CEO of Disney, became convinced that the company should buy Twitter as it would be an excellent distribution platform for Disney content around the world, but shortly before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the plans to purchase the company were scrapped. In a 2019 memoir, Iger said that the boards of both Disney and Twitter had agreed to the deal, but then he had second thoughts due to the "nastiness" across Twitter. However, the supposed "nastiness" of Twitter should have been readily apparent well before a deal was almost finalized to purchase the platform. Now, speaking at Vox Media’s annual Code Conference in Beverly Hills, California, Iger said that Twitter would have been a "phenomenal" distribution platform for Disney but that it would have also come with too many issues — including bots. Iger stated: Posted by: Besoeker 2022-09-09 |
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