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Musk’s Spam Frustration Was ‘Confusing’ to Ex-Twitter Executives

Isaiah Poritz, Kurt Wagner
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Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and CFO Ned Segal testified in a 2026 jury trial, disputing Elon Musk’s claims they misled him about spam bot prevalence during his $44 billion 2022 acquisition. Musk alleged executives falsified user metrics, inflating active account numbers to justify the purchase price, a central dispute in the ongoing investor lawsuit over the chaotic buyout. The executives called Musk’s spam frustrations "confusing," arguing internal data was accurate and transparent, despite his later public accusations of fraud. The trial revisits Musk’s 2022 legal battle to exit the deal, where he initially cited bot concerns before completing the purchase under court pressure. Testimonies highlight tensions between Musk’s post-acquisition claims and Twitter’s pre-sale disclosures, with investors seeking damages over alleged misrepresentations.
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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Elon Musk’s X:Two former top executives at Twitter Inc. sought to beat back Elon Musk’s narrative at a jury trial that they lied to him about the makeup of the platform’s user base when he was purchasing the company in 2022.Parag Agrawal, who was chief executive officer, and Ned Segal, the chief financial officer, took the witness stand Friday in an investor trial over Musk’s tumultuous $44 billion buyout of the company.

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