Twitter Ordered to Share Former Executive’s Documents With Elon Musk

Twitter wants to offer Elon Musk paperwork from a former Twitter govt who Musk stated was a key determine in calculating the quantity of faux accounts on the platform, based on a Monday court docket order.

Bot and spam accounts on Twitter have change into a central situation within the authorized struggle over whether or not Musk, who’s Tesla’s chief govt, should full his $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,49,980 crore) acquisition of the social media firm.

Twitter was ordered to gather, assessment, and produce paperwork from former General Manager of Consumer Product Kayvon Beykpour, based on the order from Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery.

Twitter and attorneys for Musk, the world’s richest particular person, didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.

Beykpour, who left Twitter after the social media firm agreed in April to be acquired by Musk, was described in Musk’s court docket filings as one of many executives “most intimately involved with” figuring out the quantity of spam accounts.

Beykpour didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark despatched by way of LinkedIn.

McCormick stated in her order on Monday that she was denying Musk’s request for entry to 21 different individuals with management over related info.

Musk’s authorized group had written to McCormick final week asking her to order Twitter handy over worker names so that they may very well be questioned.

Musk accused Twitter earlier this month of fraud for misrepresenting the variety of actual energetic customers on its platform, which Twitter has denied. The firm has accused him of breaching his settlement to amass the corporate and desires McCormick to order him to finish the deal at $54.20 (roughly Rs. 4,300) a share.

Twitter’s inventory closed up 0.5 p.c at $44.50 (roughly Rs. 3,500) per share on Monday.

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