{"id":483304,"date":"2022-08-11T02:23:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T23:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/elon-musk-seeks-to-question-twitter-workers-on-bots-report\/"},"modified":"2022-08-11T02:23:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T23:23:33","slug":"elon-musk-seeks-to-question-twitter-workers-on-bots-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elon-musk-seeks-to-question-twitter-workers-on-bots-report\/","title":{"rendered":"#Elon Musk seeks to question Twitter workers on bots: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f0bbdaaaf6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f0bbdaaaf6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elon-musk-seeks-to-question-twitter-workers-on-bots-report\/#%E2%80%9CElon_Musk_seeks_to_question_Twitter_workers_on_bots_report%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Elon Musk seeks to question Twitter workers on bots: report&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CElon_Musk_seeks_to_question_Twitter_workers_on_bots_report%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Elon Musk seeks to question Twitter workers on bots: report&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/musk-twitter-bots.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Elon\u00a0Musk\u2019s legal team is demanding Twitter turn over the names of\u00a0employees responsible\u00a0for calculating what percentage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> site\u2019s users are bot and\u00a0spam accounts,\u00a0according to a source familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Bot and spam accounts on Twitter have become a central issue in the legal fight over whether\u00a0Musk, who is Tesla\u2019s\u00a0chief executive, must complete his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company.<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u00a0said last month he was terminating the deal because Twitter has withheld information about\u00a0these\u00a0accounts. Twitter\u00a0sued\u00a0Musk\u00a0to complete the deal, and has\u00a0said the issue has no\u00a0bearing on the agreement with\u00a0Musk.<\/p>\n<p>An Oct. 17 trial is scheduled in Delaware.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter filed under seal on Tuesday,\u00a0Musk\u2019s lawyers asked the judge\u00a0overseeing the case to compel Twitter to hand over the employee names so that the defense team can question them, the source said.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg first reported the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-08-10\/musk-says-twitter-is-hiding-witnesses-he-needs-in-buyout-fight\">request by\u00a0Musk\u2019s lawyers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A lawyer for\u00a0Musk\u00a0declined to comment. Twitter did not immediately respond to request for comment.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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