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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Elon Musk subpoenas Twitter whistleblower ahead of trial

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Elon Musk’s lawyers have subpoenaed a former Twitter executive-turned-whistleblower as part of the Tesla titan’s ongoing legal battle to back out of his deal to buy the social media company for $44bn.

Court filings revealed on Monday that Mr Musk’s lawyers are demanding to hear from Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, Twitter’s former security head, who recently said the company does not know how many bots are on its platform.

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