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“It subsequently turned out that they had misrepresented the number of their bots and it was much higher than 5%,” he testified.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The billionaire later moved to get out of the deal, saying—among other things—that the platform had misrepresented the number of spam and fake accounts on the site, which Twitter denied.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

It comes after an investigation by the Observer claimed the writer had misrepresented some of the events in her 2018 book.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

The Observer alleged Winn had misrepresented the events that led to the couple losing their home.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025

“There is nothing in my life to compare with this burden,” Shin told me on the day in California when he explained how and why he had misrepresented his past.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden