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US watchdog sues Elon Musk over late disclosure of Twitter stake

Elon Musk speaks at a campaign town hall in support of then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in Folsom, Pennsylvania, the United States, on October 17, 2024 [Matt Rourke/AP]

Elon Musk is being sued by the securities regulator in the United States for allegedly failing to promptly disclose his stake in Twitter before he bought the social media platform.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Tuesday that Musk failed to disclose within the required 10-day period that he acquired more than 5 percent of Twitter’s stock in March 2022.

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