{"id":488761,"date":"2022-08-29T22:52:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T19:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/musk-subpoenas-twitter-whistleblower-in-buyout-battle\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T22:52:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T19:52:33","slug":"musk-subpoenas-twitter-whistleblower-in-buyout-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/musk-subpoenas-twitter-whistleblower-in-buyout-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"#Musk subpoenas Twitter whistleblower in buyout battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 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-6a405824369e2\" 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: 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class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/elon-musk-is-seeking-t.jpg\" alt=\"Elon Musk is seeking testimony from a former Twitter security chief turned whistleblower to bolster his effort to walk away from\" title=\"Elon Musk is seeking testimony from a former Twitter security chief turned whistleblower to bolster his effort to walk away from a $44 billion deal to buy the company.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Elon Musk is seeking testimony from a former <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> security chief turned whistleblower to bolster his effort to walk away from a $44 billion deal to buy the company.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Elon Musk has formally subpoenaed a Twitter whistleblower to share information about spam accounts at the social network, as the billionaire fights in court to back out of a massive buyout deal.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                Musk has tried to pull out of the $44 billion agreement by saying Twitter misled him on the number of false accounts, or bots, prompting strong denials and a lawsuit from the social media firm.<\/p>\n<p>The Tesla boss hopes that allegations made by the former Twitter security chief Peiter Zatko, about major security gaps and problematic practices at the firm, will bolster his case.<\/p>\n<p>According to court documents made public on Monday, Musk&#8217;s attorneys served Zatko with a subpoena Saturday demanding he share any documents or messages regarding the impact of spam and false accounts on Twitter&#8217;s activity, dating back to January 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Zatko was also ordered to answer questions on the record for Musk lawyers on September 9.<\/p>\n<p>Zatko&#8217;s attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Musk&#8217;s attempt to back out of buying Twitter has struggled for momentum in court.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter won some early battles in the case, including a fast-track trial date, and its stock had risen as analysts predicted the platform would prevail over the mercurial Musk.<\/p>\n<p>But a US judge last week told Twitter to surrender more data to Musk on the key issue of fake accounts, and the billionaire hopes Zatko&#8217;s whistleblower complaint could further turn the tide in its favor.<\/p>\n<p>While Twitter has pointed out that Musk opted not to perform due diligence typically seen in merger deals, the billionaire&#8217;s attorney Alex Spiro told the Delaware judge he had trusted the firm&#8217;s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).<\/p>\n<p>The market watchdog was one of the recipients of Zatko&#8217;s complaint, which accuses Twitter of issuing untrue statements on account numbers because &#8220;if accurate measurements ever became public, it would harm the image and valuation of the company.&#8221;\n                                                                                                                        <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Twitter ordered to give Musk additional bot account data\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Musk subpoenas Twitter 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