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Twitter Inc.. is ignoring pleas from Elon Musk, who wanted or still wants to buy the platform for an astronomical $44 billion, to find out how much social media platform activity is generated by spam and robot accounts, a key reason the billionaire refused to buy the company, his lawyer said in court.

" “That puts us at a huge disadvantage.”.

Court of Chancery Judge Caitlin St.

Jay McCormick is holding a hearing on Elon Musk's request for Twitter to name the staff responsible for assessing how much of the platform's customer base is made up of spam and bot accounts..

Later, during the hearing, a Twitter representative should answer questions about the company's arguments..

Recall that former Twitter security chief Peter Zatko sent an 84-page document to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Justice and the US Federal Trade Commission, in which he said that the administration of the social network is misleading regulators about its protection from hackers and spam accounts..