I believe there's meat on these bones. This is the approach some states in the US use for allowing challenge to election integrity if the vote count isn't narrow enough to automatically trigger a recount... A candidate who complains can put up the money to have an individual polling district recount the votes, and if the vote count comes out different enough to change the results, the money is refunded.

I can't imagine Twitter could get away with this without it being interpreted by the regulatory bodies of various countries as a protection racket. Which is unfortunate, because I think there's potential here.