Technology20 Mar 2026SEO 801 min read

Analysis: Elon Musk misled Twitter investors while trying to get out of acquisition, jury…

At the time, Musk had tweeted that Twitter had too many bots, which is why he was trying to renege on his commitment to buy the company. A civil jury in Califo…

At the time, Musk had tweeted that Twitter had too many bots, which is why he was trying to renege on his commitment to buy the company. A civil jury in California on Friday ruled that Elon Musk intentionally misled Twitter investors when he tried to back out of his $44 billion acquisition of the platform in 2022. At the time, Musk had tweeted that Twitter had too many bots, which is why he later tried to renege on the acquisition. (Twitter ended up suing Musk to force him to seal the deal.) &#…

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