Mr Musk accused Twitter of fraud earlier this month for misrepresenting the number of actual active users on his platform, which Twitter has denied.
Mr Musk accused Twitter of fraud earlier this month for misrepresenting the number of actual active users on his platform, which Twitter has denied.
Twitter Inc is required to provide Elon Musk with documents from a former Twitter executive, whom Mr Musk said was a key figure in calculating the amount of fake accounts on the platform, according to Monday’s court order.
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bots and spam accounts on twitter A central issue in the legal battle has become whether Mr. Musk, who is the chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., will have to complete his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company.
Twitter was ordered to collect, review, and submit documents from Kywan Becpour, former general manager of consumer products, to Delaware Court of Chancery Chancellor Kathleen McCormick.
Twitter and lawyers for Mr Musk, the world’s richest man, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Mr Becpour, who left Twitter in April after the social media company agreed to be acquired by Mr Musk, was described in Mr Musk’s court filing as one of the executives responsible for spam accounts. were “most involved” in determining the quantity.
Mr Becpour did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent via LinkedIn.
Ms McCormick said in her order on Monday that she was denying Mr Musk’s request for access to 21 other people who have control over the relevant information.
Mr Musk’s legal team last week wrote to McCormick asking him to order Twitter to hand over the names of the employees so that they could be questioned.
Mr Musk earlier this month accused Twitter of fraud for misrepresenting the number of actual active users on his platform, which Twitter has denied. The company accuses them of violating their agreement to acquire the company and wants Ms. McCormick to order them to complete the deal for $54.20 per share.
Twitter’s stock closed up 0.5% on Monday at $44.50 per share.