Elon Musk files another notice to terminate $44 billion Twitter deal

Musk has tried to pull out of the $44 billion agreement by saying Twitter misled him on the number of false accounts, or bots

Musk sent a letter in July claiming that the company’s inability to prove how many bots and spam accounts were on its service was a reason to back out of the deal.

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According to Twitter’s response, his attempt to pull out of the agreement is “invalid and unjust”.

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According to a court document filed on Monday, Mr. Musk has asked former Twitter security chief

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and whistleblower Peiter Zatko for information mostly regarding how the microblogging network measures spam accounts.

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Famous hacker "Mudge" Mr. Zatko said in his lawsuit, which was made public last week

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that the corporation misrepresented its security measures and gave user growth priority above eliminating spam.

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According to the letter released on Tuesday, the additional information supports his argument that Twitter is in "material noncompliance" with its obligations

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related to data privacy and consumer protection legislation and that the firm is exposed to hostile actors and data centre outages.

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