Elon Musk challenges Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to a debate on bots
Centi-billionaire Elon Musk provoked Twitter and challenged the company’s CEO Parag Agrawal to a “public debate” about fake accounts and spam in the midst of a contentious legal battle...
News reports: Musk countersuit accuses Twitter of fraud
Elon Musk accused Twitter of fraud in a countersuit over his aborted $44 billion deal for the social media company, which he said held back necessary information and misled his team about its true user base, according to media reports. According to The Washington Post, the countersuit filed by the billionaire and Tesla CEO filed…
Elon Musk countersues Twitter over merger, but details aren’t yet public
Elon Musk countersued Twitter on Friday, intensifying the conflict between the Tesla CEO and the social networking company he agreed to buy, but the lawsuit is not yet available...
Twitter Posts Surprise $270 Million Loss In First Earnings Report Since Elon Musk ‘Terminated’ $44 Billion Takeover Deal
Topline Social media giant Twitter posted a worse-than-expected loss Friday morning in its first earnings report since billionaire Elon Musk backed out on a deal to buy the company, fueled in part by the massive uncertainty around the firm’s fate as it embarks on a potentially lengthy legal battle with the world’s richest person. The…
Twitter blames Musk and ad market headwinds for declining revenue
Twitter on Friday said Elon Musk’s contentious takeover bid, combined with macroeconomic factors affecting the ad market, were to blame for the tech giant missing Wall Street’s revenue expectations for the second quarter. Why it matters: Twitter’s share price, which is typically a reflection of performance as well as other factors, could play a role…
Twitter Sues Elon Musk For Trying To Cancel Acquisition Deal
Topline Twitter filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Elon Musk, asking a Delaware judge to order the billionaire to move forward with his agreement to buy the social media platform, a move that follows weeks of sniping between Twitter and the world’s richest man. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is pictured at the start of production at…
Elon Musk faces long legal war with Twitter, which has the upper hand, as he abandons deal
Billionaire Elon Musk on Friday moved to back out of his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, citing continued disagreements over the number of spam accounts...
Musk Scraps $44 Billion Twitter Deal Over ‘Misleading Representations’
Elon Musk said he’s terminating his $44 billion agreement to acquire Twitter Inc. and take it private, saying the company has made “misleading representations” over the number...
Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter’s ban of former President Trump
Elon Musk said he would allow President Trump to return to Twitter if the Tesla chief executive takes ownership of the company, reversing the former president’s January 2021 suspension over his incendiary tweets surrounding the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.During a virtual appearance at the Financial Times Future of the Car conference on…
Elon Musk says relaxing content rules on Twitter will boost free speech, but research shows otherwise
Elon Musk’s accepted bid to purchase Twitter has triggered a lot of debate about what it means for the future of the social media platform,...
Trump lawsuit asking to lift Twitter ban is dismissed
A judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by former President Donald Trump seeking to lift his ban from Twitter. But San Francisco federal district court Judge James Donato left the...
Bill Gates questions Elon’s Musk’s goals with Twitter: ‘He could make it worse’
Bill Gates has warned that Elon Musk could make Twitter “worse” after the Tesla CEO pledged to buy the social media firm for $44 billion. Speaking at the Wall...
Elon Musk says businesses and governments may have to pay to use Twitter
Elon Musk has said that businesses and governments may soon need to pay a “slight cost” to use Twitter just weeks after announcing he plans to buy...
Fact-Check: No, Elon Musk hasn’t fired the Twitter board
On April 25, Twitter announced that it had agreed to sell the company to entrepreneur Elon Musk for approximately $44 billion. The news was cheered...
Fact Check-Elon Musk’s Twitter deal has not prompted an urgent Section 230 reform, as social media posts claim
No fresh announcements were made by the White House on plans to reform Section 230, a law that shields online companies from liability over content...
Stock tied to Donald Trump’s social media venture falls 13% as Twitter announces deal with Musk
Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp., the blank-check company poised to take Donald Trump’s media venture public, fell in volatile trading on Monday after Twitter announced a...
Musk told banks he will rein in Twitter pay, make money from tweets
Elon Musk told banks that agreed to help fund his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter that he could crack down on executive and board pay at the...
Fact Check-Fabricated Twitter exchange between Trump and Elon Musk resurfaces
Following Elon Musk’s deal to buy Twitter Inc, a years-old fabricated tweet attributed to the billionaire has resurfaced online. The screenshots of the tweet circulating...