The recent revelation on the Twitter battle with Elon Musk has revealed that he has formally subpoenaed a Twitter whistleblower who had indicated interest to share some more information about spam accounts at the social network, as the billionaire has taken the fight to court to back out of a massive buyout deal.
Musk has been trying his best to pull out and detach himself from the massive $44 billion agreement by revealing that Twitter had openly misled him on the number of false accounts, or bots, prompting strong denials and a lawsuit from the social media firm.
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The Tesla boss had also hoped that some of the allegation which had been made by the former Twitter security chief Peiter Zatko, about major security gaps and problematic practices at the firm, will bolster his case.
According to court documents made public on Monday, Musk’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’s activity, dating back to January 2019. Zatko was also ordered to answer questions on the record for Musk lawyers on September 9.
His lawyers told AFP that their client would comply with the subpoena — but said that his appearance at the deposition would be “involuntary”.
“He did not make his whistleblower disclosures to the appropriate governmental bodies to benefit Musk or to harm Twitter, but rather to protect the American public and Twitter shareholders,” the lawyers said in a statement.
Musk’s attempt to back out of buying Twitter has struggled for momentum in court.
