Elon Musk in a countersuit has accused Twitter executives of fraudulently presenting an undercount of fake users, known as bots.
Twitter in July sued Musk for withdrawing from a $44 billion acquisition agreement, alleging he breached the agreement.
In the counter-filing, entered under seal last month and obtained by The Epoch Times on Aug. 5, Musk says he relied on statements from Twitter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission about key components of the company, such as the percentage of fake and spam accounts and moderation practices.
But once Musk entered the agreement, he found that the technology company refused to provide access to the company’s books and records to verify the information….