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‘Clear Material Breach Of Twitter’s Obligations’: Elon Musk Demands Answers About Fake Twitter Accounts, Threatens To Exercise ‘Right’ To Cancel Deal

Tim Meads
‘Clear Material Breach Of Twitter’s Obligations’: Elon Musk Demands Answers About Fake Twitter Accounts, Threatens To Exercise ‘Right’ To Cancel Deal
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Elon Musk’s legal team is accusing Twitter of violating its deal with the richest man on earth by withholding information about the number of bots on the platform, claiming that Musk is within his rights to terminate the agreement if the company does not provide the requested data.

In late April, Twitter and Musk agreed to a deal worth $44 billion, but Musk had previously requested information on fake accounts before his purchase of Twitter can officially go through.  He has claimed that spam accounts could have a massive impact on what Twitter is actually worth. On Monday, the Space X founder took his demands a step further by sending Twitter a detailed letter through his attorney.

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