Elon Musk tells Twitter he's ready to walk

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One of the year's biggest tech stories is the proposed acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk in a deal that could be worth about $44 billion(opens in new tab). It all happened so fast and, ever since, it's seemed like Musk has been trying to back away: after announcing that the deal was «temporarily on hold» thanks to bots(opens in new tab), the billionaire has subsequently dedicated a considerable portion of his time to winding-up Twitter executives and complaining about the platform's transparency.

Musk's legal team has sent a new letter to Twitter(opens in new tab) that continues to bang the drum about bots. Dated June 6 and addressed to Twitter's chief legal officer Vijaya Gadde, the letter says in part:

«Twitter has, in fact, refused to provide the information that Mr. Musk has repeatedly requested since May 9, 2022 to facilitate his evaluation of spam and fake accounts on the company’s platform. Twitter’s latest offer to simply provide additional details regarding the company’s own testing methodologies, whether through written materials or verbal explanations, is tantamount to refusing Mr. Musk’s data requests.»

It goes on to say that «Twitter must also provide reasonable cooperation in connection with Mr. Musk’s efforts to secure the debt financing necessary to consummate the transaction, including by providing information 'reasonably requested' by Mr. Musk (Section 6.11).» It goes on to cite various other reasons why Musk's team believe Twitter has to hand over the data he wants, before things take a bit of a nasty turn: «At this point, Mr. Musk believes Twitter is transparently refusing to comply with its obligations under the merger agreement, which is causing further suspicion that the company is withholding