Twitter needs to give Elon Musk documents from a former Twitter executive who Musk said was a key figure in calculating the amount of fake accounts on the platform, according to a Monday court order.
Bot and spam accounts on Twitter have become a central issue
in the legal fight over whether Musk, who is Tesla's chief executive, must
complete his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company.
Twitter was ordered to collect, review, and produce
documents from former General Manager of Consumer Product Kayvon Beykpour,
according to the order from Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware
Court of Chancery.
Twitter and lawyers for Musk, the world's richest person, did
not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Beykpour, who left Twitter after the social media company
agreed in April to be acquired by Musk, was described in Musk's court filings
as one of the executives "most intimately involved with" determining
the amount of spam accounts.
Beykpour did not immediately respond to a request for
comment sent through LinkedIn.
McCormick said in her order on Monday that she was denying
Musk's request for access to 21 other people with control over relevant
information.
Musk's legal team had written to McCormick last week asking
her to order Twitter to hand over employee names so they could be questioned.
Musk accused Twitter earlier this month of fraud for
misrepresenting the number of real active users on its platform, which Twitter
has denied. The company has accused him of breaching his agreement to acquire
the company and wants McCormick to order him to complete the deal at $54.20 a share.
Twitter's stock closed up 0.5 percent at $44.50 per share on
Monday. © Reuters
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