He doesn't want to back out. He wants accurate information. Your post already assumes the incorrect information at hand.

A great example of how far gone the misinformation campaign already is.

The 5% number has been there for ages. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/13/twitter...

> The number is hardly new: Twitter has been giving the same estimate for years, even though critics and experts have said they believe the company is lowballing the actual number of such accounts.

If Musk wanted the deal contingent on this very specific data point, he should've said so before he committed to the $1B cancellation fee and made it part of that agreement.

If you don't kick the tires before agreeing to buy, well, that's on the buyer. DYOR

> "Musk tweeted on Tuesday that Twitter Chief Executive Parag Agrawal has refused to show proof for his company's estimate and that the deal cannot move forward until he does. Twitter's proxy statement shows that in the run-up to the deal Musk made no effort to get information about the issue. "Mr. Musk did not ask to enter into a confidentiality agreement or seek from Twitter any non-public info regarding Twitter," Twitter said in its proxy statement."

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/twitter-committed-elon...

He wants accurate information after he explicitly waived his right to do due diligence when he was trying to force Twitter’s board to accept his price? He didn’t think of it before?

I believe he waived his right to due diligence, which is why the deal went through so quickly.

If he now regrets that, it’s his own fault.