Twitter says it removes over 1 million spam accounts each day

Twitter removes over 1 million spam accounts every day, executives informed reporters in a briefing on Thursday, because it bolstered its efforts to battle automated bots.

The briefing comes as billionaire Elon Musk has threatened to halt a deal to buy Twitter until the corporate confirmed proof that spam bots accounted for lower than 5 per cent of complete customers on the social media service.

On a convention name, the corporate reiterated that spam accounts have been effectively underneath 5 per cent.

(Reporting by Sheila Dang and Katie Paul; modifying by Jonathan Oatis)