Twitter says it removes more than 1 million spam accounts every day

• Twitter reiterated spam accounts were well under 5% and have been unchanged since 2013

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) on Thursday said the social media company is removing more than 1 million spam accounts each day, as billionaire Elon Musk has demanded more details regarding fake accounts.

The comment comes after Musk threatened to halt the $44 billion deal to buy Twitter unless the company showed proof that spam and bot accounts were fewer than 5% of users.

Musk previously tweeted that one of his biggest priorities after acquiring Twitter is to "defeat the spam bots or die trying."