Elon Musk sought to delay the Twitter Inc trial to November, according to a court filing, as a whistleblower provided him with fresh ammunition to back out of a $44 billion deal to buy the social media company.
Pranay Pathole has known Elon Musk from their online correspondence over Twitter since 2018. He got the chance to meet his idol on his first trip overseas to the United States.
Tesla CEO has a history of making irreverent tweets and it was not immediately clear whether he planned to pursue a deal.
The move comes after Musk sold around $8.5 billion worth of shares in the electric carmaker in April as he was preparing to finance a deal with the social media giant.
The Department of Motor Vehicles has filed a complaint against Tesla, accusing the company of advertising its Autopilot and Self-Driving technologies as more capable than they actually are.
The lawyers argued that the core dispute over false and spam accounts is fundamental to Twitter's value, is extremely fact- and expert-intensive, and will require substantial time for discovery.
Musk had threatened to halt the deal unless the company showed proof that spam and bot accounts were fewer than 5 percent of users who see advertising on the social media service.
The report of the twins' arrival brings Musk's total count of children to nine.
The long-form feature is being tested by a small group of writers and Twitter did not give more details on its wider roll-out.
Tesla's Chief Executive Elon Musk said that the company's new factories in Texas and Germany are "gigantic money furnaces" as they struggle with production due to a battery shortage and China port issues.
Tesla chief Elon Musk says there are also questions about Twitter's debt and whether shareholders will vote for the deal.
Social media giant plans to comply with billionaire Elon Musk's demand for data on fake accounts and bots, US media report.
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